Sen. Ted Stevens indicted on seven counts.

Just to give you a little background on this story. We keep our ears pretty close to the ground on Ted Stevens. And while an eventual indictment was not at all unexpected, I feel pretty confident saying that this indictment coming down now was. There was a pretty broad expectation that Stevens' son, former Alaska state senate president Ben Stevens, would be indicted first.

As you know we've been on the Stevens story for some time. And here's our archive of Stevens coverage going back now almost two years. Here's our TPMtv episodes on the Stevens' case.