Charlie Rangel’s ethics problems have led to his electorally vulnerable Democrat colleagues giving back campaign donations from Rangel’s PAC in an effort to distance themselves from the erstwhile Ways and Means Chair.  (Incidentally, Rangel has this backward: usually step one is people giving you bags of money, and step two is the ethics investigation.)

The Republican Party of Virginia is asking why two Virginia Congressmen – including my own Representative, Gerry Connolly – haven’t given theirs back: