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Minority Leader McConnell: We're letting Ethics Committee deal with Larry Craig

Yesterday on ABC's "This Week,"  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell maintained that the Craig case is in the hands of the Ethics Committee -- and that's all he'll say now:

In news that no doubt made Senate Republicans cringe, Senator Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, is scheduled to do his first network television interview since his guilty plea in an undercover sex sting and his decision to remain in the Senate even though he has been unable to get the plea withdrawn.

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, did not appear too enthusiastic about the television blitz.

“The Senate Ethics Committee will be dealing with these allegations surrounding Senator Craig,” he said. “That’s the way we handle it procedurally in the Senate.”

Still no word from McConnell on ethics investigations of Senators Vitter or Stevens.

MSNBC has a handy Q & A on how the ethics process works in the Senate. 

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