He won’t investigate the potentially-felonious job offer to Joe Sestak because, hey, other presidents may have done it as some point, too. And so we’ll potentially allow the White House to get away with having broken federal law.

I expected Republicans to wait at least until taking power before folding like a cheap suit, but apparently the 112th Congress has expedited the process.

Asked directly if he will investigate the Sestak case, Issa said, “No, we’re not.”

“Once we knew, as we discovered, that it turns out that Republicans and previous administrations thought it was OK — in spite of the absolute black and white letter of the law — it got bigger, it got bigger than President Obama.”

When I was little my momma told me that two wrongs don’t make a right. And frankly, I don’t give a damn that an investigation may turn up wrongdoing by presidents of my own party. I care more about keeping government — all government — accountable than I do about the reputation of any former president.

As Gabriel Malor says:

Reminder: it’s not just possible, but probable that the President committed a felony by offering Sestak a job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania primary. I walked through the applicable criminal statutes here. The White House stonewalled for months, eventually coming up with a bizarre job-offer-that-isn’t-really-a-job-offer story that places Bill Clinton in the hot seat, rather than the President. Except, of course, for the part where the President authorized Clinton to make the offer.

But Congressman Spineless is now all wobbly. He says, and this is entirely contradictory, both that “It was wrong if it’s done in the Bush administration; it’s wrong in the Obama administration.” but that he has no intention to investigate the Sestak case in particular.

I guess for Rep. Issa, two wrongs make it all right.

Apparently. It’s just another reminder that the bond between politicians is always stronger than the bond between politicians and constituents. Darrell Issa is in a position to fight on behalf of the people, exposing corruption wherever it may hide. But instead he’ll avoid such an investigation because, hey, it may turn up bipartisan wrongdoing. Despicable.