The fastest way to clear a room of the leaders of the conservative establishment, it seems, is to ask about the great unpleasantness surrounding Sen. Larry Craig. Gathered to praise one of President Bush's judicial nominees, they fell silent Wednesday when asked who would like to see Idaho Republican stay in office. Not Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council or Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America or David Keene of The American Conservative Union or Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. None was willing to tackle the subject of Craig's future; the lawmaker has pleaded guilty in connection with a men's room sex sting at the Minneapolis airport.

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