Eric Massa has written a letter [pdf] to Randy Kuhl asking him to call for the resignation of leaders complicit in a "cover-up" in the Foley matter. He's also asked Kuhl to return contributions from Boehner, Hastert and Reynolds.
A number of candidates have returned contributions from Foley, but Reynolds has specifically refused to return the $100,000 that the committee he chairs received from Foley, money received after Reynolds knew about the e-mail sent by Foley to a page. Today, conservative columnist Robert Novak reports that Reynolds worked hard to convince Foley to run this Fall, again after he knew about the e-mails. Finally, Reynold's chief-of-staff tried to cover up the IMs that ABC news found, and Reynolds has been giving conflicting explanations of his knowledge of his #1 aide's actions.
If there's a definition of "dirty money" that's any clearer than the $100K that Tom Reynolds got from Foley this year, I'd like to hear it.
So, while Massa could be (and probably will be) accused of trying to capitalize on a scandal that doesn't directly involve Kuhl, the questions he raises are legitimate. Who does Kuhl think should resign? And what about that $100K? Yes, it's been spent. There's an easy answer to that: each campaign that received money from Reynolds' committee can donate their pro-rata share of the $100K to charity.
Kuhl's silence on this issue is politically stupid and morally wrong.
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Wow! Things are heating up even more. I will say this, voters in this Congressional District--who are more savvy than given credit--haven't seen a determined opponent like this one even in terms of S. Barend.