Ethical Aspirations

March 21, 2005, 12 a.m.

It strikes us as highly incongruous that the chairman of the House ethics committee would be vowing to create an “ethical culture” in the House — and that his ranking Democrat would support him — at a time when the House is roiled with accusations that its ethical climate has reached new lows, and when Democrats are refusing to let the committee do business because of it.

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