And even more fodder to bury the repubs with...

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“I said: ‘Are these authentic?’ and he said ‘probably,’ and he confirmed that they were likely his instant messages,” Fordham said.

Fordham said the immediate reaction of his current boss, Reynolds, was to get Foley to leave Congress.

He told me (Foley) needed to resign,” said Fordham, adding that the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote the first draft of Foley’s resignation letter before it was rewritten on Foley’s official letterhead.

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Asked if he had any information that could help investigators build a criminal case against Foley, Fordham said he wasn’t prepared to say yet. But he denied trying to suppress any information or evidence when he spoke by phone with ABC News before the instant message became public.

http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/news-19/115990438226070.xml&storylist=ny

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The pages who provided information to ABC insisted on anonymity, in some cases because they were worried about the impact on their current or future political careers, Mr. Ross said. One of the former pages “is now involved in politics,” he added. If his name surfaced “it would be extremely detrimental to him and to his candidate, who is a Republican.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115991928869181847.html?mod=home_whats_news_us

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and....

Ethics: Roll Call reported that the House Ethics Committee members return to the Hill on Thursday to begin an inquiry.

The Money:The Journal’s Washington Wire, citing the Center for Responsive Politics, says it is indeed possible that Mr. Foley’s $2.8 million in campaign funds could be used for his legal bills. No kidding.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=265

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