The DeLay wannabes: four U.S. representatives who deserve special mention--and, in certain instances, criminal investigation.(Tom DeLay)

AMID ALL THE TURMOIL OVER HOUSE ETHICS rules and Tom DeLay's expanding assortment of" scandals, the embattled majority" leader's Republican minions quickly resorted to the old" everybody does it" defense. "The things that Tom has been criticized about in one way or another every member of Congress could be criticized about," declares Majority Whip Roy Blunt. Fortunately, that's a considerable exaggeration. But several members of Congress have shown themselves, like DeLay, to be more inclined than most of their colleagues to push the ethical ...