For better or worse—actually, definitely worse—the world seems to have revolved around New York politics as of late: David Paterson, Harold Ford Jr., and now Charlie Rangel, the ethically challenged chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rangel announced Wednesday morning that he taking a leave of absence from the chairmanship after the House ethics committee found he violated House rules by taking trips to the Carribean in 2007 and 2008 paid for by corporate sponsors.
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