It hardly comes as a surprise that an admitted felon like Jack Abramoff had more appointments with the Bush White House than the Bush gang was willing to let on. It comes as even less of a surprise that the news was released late on a Friday afternoon.

We are, after all, talking about the Friday-Night Presidency -- when all bad news is released at a time the White House thinks you won't notice.

-- Guest Post by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report