How did Duke Cunningham manage to get so far entangled in an ethics mess that he had to plead guilty to federal charges of accepting bribes without anyone referring his case to the House ethics committee?

Think about that for a second. With all that came out about Cunningham over the last six months and not one Democrat even filed a complaint against him, let alone any Republicans?

One of the big reasons is that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made it very clear that she did not want that to happen.

Melanie Sloan explains why.

Give this one a read. It's an important story that is too little understood.