Kudos to Ohio Republican leadership

The Plain Dealer writes in an editorial today that the scandal bringing down disgraced former Attorney General Marc Dann covered everything from sexual harassment to extramarital affairs:

But those revelations didn't drive Dann from office. Neither did all the Democratic posturing about impeachment. Were they not so offensive to the Ohio Constitution, the articles of impeachment against Dann introduced by Gov. Ted Strickland's disciples on Tuesday would have been laughable.

No, what apparently scared Dann right out of office was the Republican-initiated investigation of Dann's office by Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles - an investigation authorized by the legislature and signed off by the governor. Only after the legislature mandated the inspector general probe did Dann begin trying to cut a deal to drop the investigation in return for his resignation.

To their credit, Strickland, House Speaker Jon Husted and Senate President Bill Harris all refused.