Charlie Rangel = Michael McCaul

Charlie Rangel won the Democrat nomination last night, for his New York District, literally destroying his opposition.

This despite the fact that the guy is a demonstrable crook. Dem-on-stra-ble.

But guess what. The Republicans are going to have trouble kicking him out of office because the guy who is supposed to be passing judgement on him, Michael McCaul - has done the exact same thing.

His Wiki bio does not list his ethics violations, scroll all the way to the bottom for the news article about that.

From Wikipedia:
Michael Thomas McCaul, Sr. (b. January 14, 1962, Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer and politician who currently is the Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district. The district stretches from Austin to Houston.

Biography and career
McCaul grew up in suburban Dallas to a fourth generation Texan family. He graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from San Antonio's Trinity University in 1984 and his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University in 1987. McCaul also attended Harvard University, taking courses in the Kennedy School of Government.

McCaul worked as an attorney and a federal prosecutor before entering politics. He was the Chief of Counterterrorism and National Security for Texas's branch of the US Attorney's office also worked under the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section. McCaul was appointed Deputy Attorney General in 1998 and served in this capacity until 2002. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. He won a crowded Republican primary in the newly created 10th District. The district was thought to be so heavily Republican that no Democrat even filed, effectively handing the seat to McCaul.

In 2006 he defeated Democrat Ted Ankrum and former Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik with 55% of the vote. McCaul won re-election once again in 2008 against Democrat Larry Joe Doherty and Libertarian Matt Finkel[3] by a 54% to 43% margin.

In January 2010 Congressman McCaul was listed on an amicus brief calling for a voter referendum seeking to overturn equal marriage rights for all citizens in the district of Washington DC.

McCaul's wife Linda is the daughter of Clear Channel Communications Chairman Lowry Mays and sister of Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays. Their children are daughters Caroline, Jewell, Avery and Lauren, and a son, Michael.

Beleaguered Rep. Charles Rangel's ethics trial to stretch until after election

Republicans have been resisting a deal to let Rangel off with a wrist slap. Their position got complicated yesterday with news the ranking Republican weighing Rangel's case may have made similar mistakes.

Texas Rep. Michael McCaul apparently failed to fully disclose stock transactions worth millions of dollars on his financial disclosure forms in 2008 and 2009, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported. Rangel failed to disclose $600,000 in investments.

McCaul also reportedly did not fully disclose millions earned from a 2008 stock sale by his wife. His office blamed his accountant for the errors.