This is rich.
Florida’s Adam Putnam voted for the DeLay Rule on Wednesday. And here in the local paper he’s explaining how he stood up for principle by voting for the ‘compromise’ …
U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, said he voted for the compromise in Republican House rules covering suspension of House GOP leaders, who are indicted in state courts, but that he would not have voted for the proposal that would have totally exempted committee chairs and other leaders from state indictments.
The issue has arisen because of a potential Texas grand jury indictment on political corruption against Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
“It would have been to me rather hypocritical to have said that we are above state law, but not above federal law,” Putnam said. “The initial package stated that House Republican leaders would be excluded from state courts, but not federal courts. But there is total agreement on the final package (with the compromise),” he said.
I’m glad he clarified<$NoAd$> that.
