Daily Briefing: Long Live Ethics
*Harry Reidstops the logjammin' and passes "the toughest reform bill in the history" of the Senate (according to Harry Reid). The lobbyists' lobbyist is sure it'll just push bribing further underground, where a greased-up, shirtlessRobert Byrdwill have to delve to kill it at the root. [ WP , LAT ]
*John Edwards'Georgetown manse bought in shady deal by insider-trading grandparent-abusers. [WP ]
* Democrats did 100 hours worth of work in somewhere between 42 and 87 hours. [ NYT ]
* GSA chiefLurita Doangets so overwrought when she hears the national anthem it makes her want to give no-bid contracts to everybody she knows. [ WP ]
*Alberto Gonzalezdoesn't have a political bone in his corruption-prosecuting-attorney-replacing body. Anybody that's got problem with that can take it up withJohn Cornyn. [ WP ]
* FISA is for turbos, butPatrick Leahyisn't willing to follow the white rabbit down the secret court's hole. [ NYT ]
*Art Buchwaldwas a great writer, and he just died. [ NYT ]