Kline Believes DeLay is Innocent

On Friday, John Kline gave a brief talk and Q&A session at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, MN. From what I've heard, it was a pretty pro forma talk, with one notable exception.

Apparently Kline insisted that he still believes that Tom DeLay is innocent, and Kline only called for him to step down as majority leader so Congress could get on with its business. We have already noted Kline's failure to denounce DeLay for his corruption, but it's quite remarkable for Kline to publicly insist on DeLay's innocence, since, you know, DeLay has already admitted to money laundering.

I suppose this is yet another example of Kline's bottomless faith in the integrity of the Republican leadership, no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary.