The Senate: One Happy FamilyThe family that’s investigated together, stays together.
Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R-AK) said his fellow senators have stood by him now that he faces federal scrutiny for his involvement with oil field services company Veco Corp.
During an interview with reporters last week in Alaska, a local public radio station grabbed audio of Stevens saying:
There is sort of a cloud out there, but it’s not harmed my role as a senator for Alaska, if anything, it’s is a strange thing, it’s enhanced it because senators read papers too, and it’s sort of a family, the senate family comes around when someone’s got a problem. And they’ve all encouraged me: “Don’t get excited about this because so many people have been through it in their own states and it’s not an easy thing.”
Too bad Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) wasn’t around to provide a shoulder to cry on.
The audio is online here.