>More on this squalid little story via the Washington Post, notably this idiotic remark from a spokesman for Rep. Tom Davis, one of the GOP congressmen involved in the attempted shakedown on Major League Baseball:
“Davis didn’t return calls to his office, but spokesman Robert White said, “The point [Davis] was making was how it would look if Major League Baseball sells the hottest team in the market to a guy who spent more money than the gross domestic product of Colombia to legitimize drugs.” Davis chairs the Committee on Government Reform, which recently held high-profile hearings on steroid use in professional and amateur sports.
Not, I think, someone to vote for next time round.