The editorial page at the New York Times says enough is enough. Even though those that were involved in the U.S. Attorney scandal have left, there is much work to be done…getting to the truth and insuring that using the U.S. Department of Justice as a tool to punish Democrats and win elections must never happen again. It’ll be up to the new Attorney General Mukasey to see this through. Will he? Probably not…he’s a Bush appointee and the last thing the Bushies want is this scandal to see anymore daylight than it has.

It has been nearly a year since the United States attorneys scandal broke, and much has changed. Many people at the center of the scandal have fled Washington, and new laws and rules have been put in place making it harder to use prosecutors’ offices to win elections. Much, however, remains to be done, starting with a full investigation into the misconduct that may have occurred — something the American people have been denied.

The primary responsibility for giving the public the final answers about what happened, and assurances that it will not happen again, lies with Attorney General Michael Mukasey, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Over the course of the year, considerable evidence emerged that the Bush administration did what seemed unthinkable: it used federal prosecutors, who are supposed to be scrupulously nonpartisan, to help the Republican Party win elections. As many as nine United States attorneys were fired, apparently because they brought cases against powerful Republicans or refused to bring cases that would hurt Democrats.