Back in November 2008 right after U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska) was defeated by Mark Begich, I wrote that all Stevens has left to do is get his name cleared, “But in the end, that’s all that really matters. Now his Republican colleagues can cast him away like a piece of trash and feel OK about it.”

Many of his Republican colleagues did just that.

Readers may remember that Stevens was convicted on federal corruption charges just a couple of weeks prior to Election Day 2008. Continue reading →