Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Collins: Felons Can Serve

It's been 27 years since a senator was convicted of a felony. And it took the threat of expulsion for him to resign.

Make no mistake: It may take similar pressure to bounce Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) out of the Senate.

For Sen. Snowe, it seems to be a no-brainer:

"The public trust above all else must be upheld, and therefore I believe that stepping down would be the right thing to do."
Sounds awfully straightforward to me.

But Sen. Collins won't call for him to resign. She apparently has no problem with a convicted felon continuing to serve in the upper chamber of the nation's legislature.

Did she send her ethical radar to Stevens, along with the $10,000?

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