But moderate Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record) of Connecticut saw a liability for his fellow Republicans. "We got elected basically by saying we would live by a higher moral standard, and I don't think recently we have," he said on CNN's "Late Edition."
Shays said he has not been not comfortable with DeLay as a House leader, citing "continual acts that border and go sometimes beyond the ethical edge. They may not be illegal, but he's always pushing that ethical edge to the limit." |