Blink!

Following up on a previous post, the AP reports that House GOP Reverses Course on Ethics Rules.

Hastert spokesman John Feehery said that a change in standards of conduct "would have been the right thing to do but it was becoming a distraction."

Brendan Daly, spokesman for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, said Republicans pulled back on the discipline rule because "the issue simply became too hot for them to handle."

The right thing, but a distraction or too hot to handle... you make the call.

I'm guessing too hot to handle.

Rep. J. D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., agreed there was pressure on Republicans not to change conduct rules. "Constituents reacted and the House and, more importantly, the House leadership, responded accordingly," Hayworth said.

Chalk up one for "the constituents". I wonder if the Shays handful was more than a "handful" afterall.