Marathon Pundit: Remember this Washington disgrace? Roland Burris

The anger over the AIG bonus scandal is the top news story coming out of Washington.

That does not mean the capital doesn't have other embarrassments, for instance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich).

The Chicago Democrat has given at least a half-dozen explanations on the circumstances that led to his appointment to the US Senate by disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich.

And the Burris mess continues to simmer, as the Chicago Sun-Times informs us:

The U.S. Senate's top two Democrats met Wednesday with their chamber's ethics committee about an ongoing probe of Sen. Roland Burris and the circumstances surrounding his appointment.

Sen. Dick Durbin confirmed his appearance before the panel and added he met last Wednesday with Sangamon County State's Attorney John Schmidt, who is conducting a separate investigation into whether Burris perjured himself before the House panel that drafted the impeachment article against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

"In both instances, I shared my recollection of events leading up to and following Sen. Burris' appointment to the Senate," Durbin said in a statement. "Sen. Burris deserves a fair and impartial investigation; the people of Illinois deserve to know the truth. And everyone deserves that this matter be brought to a timely conclusion."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also met with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics regarding Burris, but Reid spokesman Jim Manley declined comment.