Another day, another crooked Democrat refuses to step down. But…

“After months of holding ranks, some Democrats are finally turning on House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) in the wake of an ethics committee finding that he violated House rules by accepting a Caribbean junket.

Early Friday, Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) told POLITICO he wants Rangel to quit his powerful committee post — and that was quickly followed by similar statements from a pair of deep south Democrats, Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor and Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to defend Rangel, but lawmakers like Hodes are calling for Rangel’s gavel.

“I honor and respect Charlie Rangel’s lifetime of service as a soldier serving our country in Korea and as a public servant. But Washington must be held to the highest ethical standards. Regrettably, with the finding of ethics violations, Charlie Rangel should step down from his leadership position.”

Moments later, during a vote in the House, Taylor, a 10-term representative from the Gulf Coast, told POLITICO that Rangel “should step down, or at least step aside until all this is resolved.”

Taylor challenged Democratic leadership, which has backed Rangel, to move quickly.”

It’s really up to Pelosi now and she has shown than in spite of swearing to “clean out the swamp” but as we’ve seen over and over that she has no intention of doing so. In fact she’s actually standing by crooked Charlie even in the light of the clear evidence of corruption. Pretty telling I might add.

However, Dems can ill afford Rangel mucking up the legislative process by bringing further discredit. Question is whether the Sunday talk shows ask any dems appearing the “tough questions”, as they would be sure to do if this were about a Republican.