THE BIG CONVERSATION:

If you're keeping a running tally of Texas ethics scandals (and who isn't?), that's one in and one out after Monday.

Out: Tom DeLay, that old familiar face who's laid relatively low since doing anything but lying relatively low on Dancing With the Stars in 2009. The former U.S. House majority leader from Sugar Land reappeared in the news Monday after Politico reported that the Department of Justice had dropped corruption charges against him in a protracted investigation into his ties to disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. DeLay said Monday he was happy ...

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