America - Still a Great Country

An eight-term, war-hero Congressman is investigated, indicted, and put away by prosecutors working in a Justice Department controlled by the Congressman's own party. While I felt bad for "Duke" Cunningham as I watched his tearful press conference, none of us should take for granted how fortunate we are to live in the kind of country where the rule of law still carries such force. The Republican Party controlls the White House and both houses of congress, yet this politically embarrasing case proceeded along its own path to its apparently inevitable conclusion despite many powerful people no doubt wishing it would go away. Americans should be proud.