Timing

Though the House ethics committee has finished its investigation of the Foley matter, the report won't be released before the election:

The House ethics committee has all but wrapped up the investigative phase of its probe into the actions of former representative Mark Foley, informing key witnesses that they will not be summoned back for more questioning, lawyers in the case said yesterday.

But those lawyers indicated that the committee is unlikely to release its report on the Florida Republican -- or even an interim memo -- before the Nov. 7 elections.

In other news, the verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial will be announced two days before the election.

Interesting.