These are tough times for the Stevens clan. The Boss, Alaska Sen.Ted Stevens (R), is now at the center of major public corruption investigation. And his son, former Alaska state Senate President Ben Stevens looks to be in even more dire legal jeopardy, after one of the VECO bribers admitted to bribing Stevens as part of his plea agreement.

In any case, back in fatter days, Ben lived large on multi-hundred thousand a year consulting fees for unspecified services provided to major corporations in the state while he was also serving as senate president. But now he's fallen on such hard times that he's been forced to take up work on a fishing vessel to make ends meet.

At present, Ben Stevens is at sea.

What's not clear is whether Sen. Ted Stevens (R) might also be forced to put to sea if his legal woes get any worse.