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From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501821.html :
Hastert's actions and words are demonstrative that either he engaged in a cover up or felt that the implication of impropriety weren't sufficient to warrant investigation. In the former he's guilty of conspiracy, in the latter he's an incompetent hack who shouldn't be in the position that he's in (remember - it's a short pecking order for the Baron to end up in the Oval Office). In either case, not a word about, say, others in there who may have been participating in preying on high school students? Party first, country second.
The White House and top House Republicans remain deeply nervous that the scandal will hurt them politically,...
For now, they said it would be politically disastrous for Republicans to oust Hastert because it would be viewed as akin to a public admission of guilt in the scandal, as well as a pre-election victory that would buoy Democrats and help their turnout efforts.
Hastert's actions and words are demonstrative that either he engaged in a cover up or felt that the implication of impropriety weren't sufficient to warrant investigation. In the former he's guilty of conspiracy, in the latter he's an incompetent hack who shouldn't be in the position that he's in (remember - it's a short pecking order for the Baron to end up in the Oval Office). In either case, not a word about, say, others in there who may have been participating in preying on high school students? Party first, country second.