Dealing another blow to Larry Craig over wide-stance-gate, the GOP Senate leadership has now shoved him out of his Senate committee slots. Here's the GOP leadership's statement:

"Senator Larry Craig has agreed to comply with Leadership’s request that he temporarily step down as the top Republican on the Veteran Affairs Committee, Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, and Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. This is not a decision we take lightly but we believe this is in the best interest of the Senate until this situation is resolved by the Ethics Committee."

"Temporarily," eh?