Senator Bayh "declared" the above? Did he just discover these facts? Most people I know, liberals, conservatives and especially independents, have known this for years.

There is a highly contagious disease within The Beltway. Among its symptoms are arrogance, loss of common sense, lack of backbone, loss of memory usually related to campaign promises, onset of stupidity, state of denial, inflated ego, compulsive lying, ad infinitum. There seems to be no cure,or treatment nor is there any vaccine to prevent it.