You remember Mayfield from his involvement in the "Constitutional Clayton" scandal involving supporters of state Sen. Chris McDaniel breaking into a nursing home to photograph U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) invalid wife.

Obviously, there is more to come.

Rec list! Thanks, y'all.

A few more details on Mayfield's suicide from the Madison County Journal.

And, of course, McDaniel's people chime in. Classy as always. Courtesy of Talking Points Memo

Updated to report that a suicide note was found at the scene. HT to Terre for the link in the comments.