DeLay cut his own throat

Despite DeLay's campaign style defense of literally advertising himself as a victim of an overzealous prosecutor, new details emerge that show it was DeLay's own remarks to investigators, made at a time when he was trying to plead to a lesser offense in order keep his stranglehold on the House intact, that nailed the lid on his indictment.

At that session, DeLay acknowledged that in 2002 he was informed about and expressed his support for transfers of $190,000 in mostly corporate funds from his Texas political action committee to an arm of the Republican National Committee in Washington and then back to Texas, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named.

His lawyers say he was under duress at the time. Yeah, I suppose being guilty of a crime is pretty stressful - especially when you get caught.