Covering the Duke Cunningham story at this point would be redundant. After all, he's got pretty much every major newspaper saying that he "Shamed the Capitol" or that he was involved in a "Brazen Conspiracy" or pointing out that his is the "largest bribery case" since the early 1980's, or perhaps writing about his "$7,200 French commode" (I hear it's gonna go up on Ebay... see also: here), well, it seem like mainstream media has got this thing covered. And we wouldn't want to beat a dead horse. No.

But, well, then there's this, courtesy of the San Diego Union-Tribune: "Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham will likely get government checks for the rest of his life from his retirement pay ... despite his tax evasion and conspiracy convictions." (December 1, 2005) How ridiculous does it get? If there's any integrity whatsoever left in this guy, that money will go to charities. Besides, he probably won't need it considering he's got housing well taken care of for the next ten years or so.