Fired New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias has come out with a New York Times op-ed that LithiumCola paraphrases as saying

"Thank you, President Bush, for thanking me via television, from your house. Upon reflection, I have decided not to find this entirely satisfactory. I will be requiring, in writing, an admission of chicanery, now."

Iglesias explains how he viewed the politics of his position:

United States attorneys have a long history of being insulated from politics. Although we receive our appointments through the political process (I am a Republican who was recommended by Senator Pete Domenici), we are expected to be apolitical once we are in office. I will never forget John Ashcroft, then the attorney general, telling me during the summer of 2001 that politics should play no role during my tenure. I took that message to heart. Little did I know that I could be fired for not being political.

He then points a finger squarely at New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici and Representative Heather Wilson:

Politics entered my life with two phone calls that I received last fall, just before the November election. One came from Representative Heather Wilson and the other from Senator Domenici, both Republicans from my state, New Mexico. Ms. Wilson asked me about sealed indictments pertaining to a politically charged corruption case widely reported in the news media involving local Democrats. Her question instantly put me on guard. Prosecutors may not legally talk about indictments, so I was evasive. Shortly after speaking to Ms. Wilson, I received a call from Senator Domenici at my home. The senator wanted to know whether I was going to file corruption charges — the cases Ms. Wilson had been asking about — before November. When I told him that I didn’t think so, he said, "I am very sorry to hear that," and the line went dead. A few weeks after those phone calls, my name was added to a list of United States attorneys who would be asked to resign — even though I had excellent office evaluations, the biggest political corruption prosecutions in New Mexico history, a record number of overall prosecutions and a 95 percent conviction rate.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is trying to see to it that Wilson pays a political price for that illegitimate political pressure; the New York Times is reporting that the DCCC has already begun running radio ads focusing on the scandal:

The 60-second commercial, to be broadcast for five days in her district, begins with a ringing telephone. "A phone call is made," the announcer says. "A scandal begins." The spot includes Mr. Iglesias’s voice before a Congressional panel as he recounts Ms. Wilson’s call and her question about "sealed indictments." "Serious questions remain about Heather Wilson and violation of Congressional ethics rules," the announcer says.

While it's good to hear that Democrats are moving to heighten the electoral costs of Wilson's actions, though, there's something else they could do. As DavidNYC posted more than ten days ago, although CREW has filed an ethics complaint against Wilson, it takes a complaint from a member of the House to actually force an investigation, and so far, none have complained. If they're willing to run ads against her, why are they not willing to formally investigate? It might be time for another round of friendly requests to your Democratic representatives that they file an ethics complaint against Wilson.

Late Update:Here's the DCCC ad.