DELAY: CONGRESSMAN LETS GO ...

... and decides not to pursue House leadership position. Probably a good decision.

Aides said Mr. DeLay came to the decision on his own Saturday morning in Texas. He acted after a group of House Republicans on Friday began circulating a petition calling for an election to bar him from the post.

Mr. DeLay's support among his colleagues quickly collapsed after the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a former DeLay ally, pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal corruption charges in a case that could also involve other former senior aides to DeLay. [NYT]

Kenny Rogers said it all in his hit The Gambler ...

You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.

Perhaps we can say Congressman Delay knows when to walk away; perhaps we can hope he'll now know when not to run?


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