Probe flap back

Greg Wersal, the lovable conservative whose lawsuit led to political endorsements for judges, is now demanding an investigation into the whole Dean Johnson-judicial conversation issue. And it looks like he is going to get it.

Is this what people really want? I think the truth that comes out isn't going to make anybody look good. If I had to bet, I would say that there was a conversation between Johnson and a judge, and it went something like this:

Johnson: "You know, I'm getting a lot of heat over our existing DOMA law not being good enough."
Judge: "From where I'm standing, it's a pretty robust law."

That's the end of it. Two sentences max. Certainly not a promise to rule in a particular way, or anything else. Nor is it as strong a statement as Johnson implied. But it was something pretty concrete.

Maybe we'll never know. But like I said, I think this is how it went down, before Johnson and the mystery jurist starting talking about Daunte Culpepper.