Dave Treen

Dead at 81

Ten years ago, when Edwin Edwards was convicted (by U.S. Attorney Eddie Jordan, btw) of racketeering, he made this statement to the press,

Edwards ended his comments by quoting a Chinese saying, "If you sit by a river long enough, the dead bodies of your enemies will float by you. I suppose the feds sat by the river long enough and here comes my body."

I suppose that quote takes on an even more morbid meaning today. An ironic one too, since Treen was most visible in his later years lobbying for Edwards' release from prison. That effort was unsuccessful. Edwards' sentence will not end until 2011. Treen's, it would seem, is now complete.