Alito takes his place in the values crowd

Frist, DeLay, Abramoff, Cheney, Bush, Blunt, Cunningham, Schwarzenegger. Each has a own story of putting personal profit above ethics. Add Scalito to the list.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Wednesday stepped up their scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's role in a 2002 case that they say could pose a possible conflict of interest.

When Alito became a federal appeals court judge in 1990, he promised to recuse himself from cases involving Vanguard mutual funds, because he had personal investments through the company. Yet he participated in a case decided in 2002 involving Vanguard.

Several Democrats have said they are troubled by this, though it is not clear whether it will emerge as a major issue in Alito's confirmation process.

Maybe instead of watching the Dems act like Nervous Nellies over fighting this nomination. How about those magic words of late: culture of corruption. He's obviously not above deceiving the Senate over his beliefs.