According to Hotline, Ken Mehlman, the outgoing Chair of the Republican Party included strong language about ethics in his final speech to the RNC today:

On ethics, Mehlman will say that the GOP "must – must – hold its elected officials … its candidates … its staff … everyone … to the absolute highest ethical standards." Mehlman: "If there are Republicans for whom influence or power or money have become more important than serving the public and the nation, then let me make it perfectly clear: we don’t want you."

Interesting timing since just yesterday the GOP Senate killed the ethics bill.

Since Mehlman is so concerned about ethics, maybe he will finally explain his relationship with Jack Abramoff. To the Abramoff lobbying team, Mehlman "was a rock star" when he worked at the White House.