It's hard to believe, but the Congressional Corruption Caucus can't seem to get enough of themselves.

Follow me as we wade through this unbelievable mess:

1)  Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) steps down from his position on the powerful House Appropriations Committee after the FBI raided his wife's office.

2)  The Republican Steering Committee needs someone to fill his post on Appropriations.  Of all the choices, who do they pick?  This guy - Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), who is under suspicion of using earmarks for personal gain.  Way to go - put someone who may have used federal funding to increase the value of his own land on the committee that oversees where federal funding goes.  Genius.

3)  But wait!  It gets so much better!  In order to take the Appropriations gig, Calvert left his position as the leader of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Committee on Science and Technnology.  Who announced today that he was taking Calvert's place?  None other than Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL), of course.  Feeney, you'll remember, took an Abramoff-paid golf trip to Scotland in 2003; former Congressional aide Mark Zachares recently pleaded guilty to charges related to that trip.

What a nice set-up they have here, right?  One lawmaker gives up his position because he's under investigation for corruption, and they give it to another lawmaker who's under suspicion for corruption...and then they give that lawmaker's committee seat to yet another lawmaker under investigation.  I'm almost dizzy trying to keep up with the sheer ridiculousness of it all.  Talk about nerve...