Tom, Tom, Why Not Just Say No?

No matter the result of the FBI's questions, here's have an underlying question for U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Oviedo, and the golf trip he took to Scotland with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Why did you go at all?

I don't give a flip whether Feeney has a legalistic explanation about how he thought Group A or Group B was paying for the trip, instead of Abramoff himself. I don't care. I want to know, what made Tom Feeney think, "My goodness, the people of Florida have sent me to Congress as a sacred trust -- so I think I will fly off to Scotland to play golf with a big-shot lobbyist!"

By the way, the other two House members who went on the trip: former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, now serving prison time for corruption, and former House Republican leader Tom DeLay, indicted in Texas for alleged improper fundraising. To paraphrase Borat: Very very nice, Rep. Feeney.