Quick follow up to my post on Tom Daschle yesterday. The New York Times today called for Daschle to step aside, citing both his tax screw-ups and his close, enriching ties to the health care industry. Daschle would be a big bird for the Times to take down. We’ll see how things develop.

UPDATE: As of 12:50 pm, several major news outlets are reporting that Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name from consideration for the HHS slot. It will be helpful to the Administration if we hear that the president, rather than the Senate, forced him to do it.