John Boehner 'Foleys' the Democratic Leadership

John Boehner wants some answers from the house leadership about the guy who ran on Faith, Family, and Values for resigned-in-disgrace Mark Foley's old seat. What did they know and when did they know it?

The Crypt:

House Republican leader John A. Boehner criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other party leaders on Tuesday for their "entirely inadequate" response to the sex scandal that has ensnared freshman Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.).

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Pelosi told reporters at a press conference Monday that she was unaware of the alleged payoff until ABC News reported it earlier that day. But spokeswomen for Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, who chaired the party's campaign arm when Mahoney won his seat in 2006, and Maryland Rep. Chirs Van Hollen, the current chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, both acknowledged that their bosses had confronted the Florida Democrat about a rumored affair earlier this year.

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"The American people, beginning with the people of Florida's 16th Congressional District, deserve to know the facts immediately about Congressman Mahoney's conduct," he continued. "They are also entitled to know immediately what House Democratic leaders knew about it, when they knew it, and what they did with the information. Congressman Mahoney and House Democratic leaders must provide these answers to the American people at once. They should not be permitted to hide behind the shield of a nonfunctioning House ethics committee or any convenient loopholes in House rules. If this truly is 'the most honest, open, and ethical Congress in history,' as Democratic leaders claim, it's time for them all to open up and be held accountable."

I'm really hoping that congressional Democrats won't play the game that anything north of text messages to congressional pages is perfectly ethical behavior, because that's not exactly the highest bar for the most honest, open, and ethical congress in history (snicker). And here's the phone call, reportedly between Patricia Allen and Mahoney, that kills Mahoney's career: