GOP Senator John Ensign Is in BIG trouble -- and Tom "Senator NO" Coburn could be, too

We finally found a way to shut up Mitch McConnell. Ask him about John Ensign:

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) repeatedly refused to answer questions Friday about a New York Times report that embattled Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) negotiated a cover-up of his extramarital affair with a campaign staffer, with his friend Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) serving as a financial intermediary.

At a Friday morning news conference, McConnell faced a barrage of questions from reporters about the Times's 4,000-word front-page investigation suggesting that Ensign may have improperly used his office to aid his mistress and her husband, who had been one of Ensign's top Washington staffers. Asked if Ensign could still be effective, McConnell said, "Sen. Ensign continues to serve," and said he does not have "any observations to make about the Ensign matter."

And, the extreme right-wing pain-in-the ass Tom Coburn is right in the middle of it:

Sen. Tom Coburn said Friday that he acted as a go-between earlier this year for discussions about whether Sen. John Ensign would pay millions of dollars to his former mistress and her husband.

Coburn, R-Muskogee, said he relayed a proposal for a financial settlement to Ensign from an attorney and that Ensign rejected it.

Coburn claims he was "communicating," not "negotiating." Got that?

Also, here's the link to that 4,000 word article in the New York Times. Seems like a lot of people, including Ensign and Coburn, are in a lot of trouble.