Following an admonishment by the House Ethics Committee, Charlie Rangel has taken a (supposedly) temporary leave of absence as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Rangel’s successor, Pete Stark, has been investigated for an ethics violation as well and also has a history of bizarre, inflammatory outbursts. Politico reported earlier this week on an ethics investigation of Stark:

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