Various news sources say Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services and director of the White House Office of Health Reform. His tax problems were wearing him down. Ezra Klein has a reaction — good for government ethics, bad for health care reform.

It doesn’t seem to be possible to be elected to or involved in government in Washington on any level without becoming compromised. Makes me want to smack heads sometimes.

If you’re interested, I have a post on the other blog that sorta kinda relates — Life in the God Realms.