Why, oh why does anyone at CNN believe their audience has something to gain by listening to what this slimy character thinks about the Rick Perry indictment? On this Sunday's State of the Union, host Candy Crowley interviewed former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to ask him about Perry, his thoughts on the 2016 presidential primary race and whether or not there's a chance he'll return to politics one of these days when and if he no longer has to worry about being sent to prison.

About the only bit of good news I heard discussed during this interview was the fact that the Texas Court of Criminal appeals is going to hear DeLay's case and review whether the lower court correctly decided to toss out his conviction on money-laundering charges.

DeLay tried to claim the Perry indictment was political and to her credit, he did at least get a small amount of push back from Crowley on that point, but it doesn't begin to make up for the fact that they chose to have him on the show to in the first place.