Grand Old Police Blotter: I Smell A Rat Boy Edition

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) doesn't want to talk about a Texas grand jury's probe that includes questions about the operations of "Texans for a Republican Majority," a political action committee he helped found.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is looking into whether a group called the Texas Association of Business illegally used corporate money. The Republican group mimicked one of the business group's fundraising mailers on behalf of a state representative, which apparently is what has drawn the prosecutor's interest. -- Washington Post

I don't want to prejudge DeLay's culpability, so I will just recite the G.O.P. mantra: Silence equals guilt.