EDITORIAL: Shaming Rangel’s Pals

House Republicans, clearly frustrated by the sloth-like pace at which the Ethics Committee is looking into the tangled financial affairs of Rep. Charles Rangel, have finally decided to take the bull by the horns.

Good move.

Unless Rangel steps down this week as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee — the House’s tax-writing body — the GOP will introduce a resolution demanding his removal.

It’s not likely to succeed, of course — in fact, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer probably won’t even let it come to the floor.

Read more: (Editorial, “Shaming Charlie’s Pals,” New York Post, 10/05/09)