Stephen Harper precipitated the upcoming election on the grounds that Paul Martin and the Liberal Party had lost "the moral authority to govern" in the wake of the sponsorship scandal. I find it interesting that, now that we are into the campaign, Stephen Harper has studiously ignored this issue. Is it possible that Stephen Harper is afraid of setting a standard of moral rectitude that, if elected, he might actually have to live up to?

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