Where does this rank on the despicable scale?

Looks like the GOP is throwing ol' Denny Hastert under the bus. What a miserable miscreant. His story didn't even pass the smell test. So Rep. Foley was "overly friendly?" OK, maybe for one guy that isn't such a bad thing



but for any other guy that has to set off every "ick" alarm in town.

I know they've set the bar pretty low, with illegal wars and torture, but where does protecting a pedophile to maintain a congressional majority fit on the list of horrible things done by our government?