Perhaps this will go down as The Year Two Indicted Congressmen Ran for Re-election.

O.K., not necessarily. We do have a lot of other … stuff going on.

Still, it’s a moment to remember. We have the insider-trading guy in upstate New York and a California representative who allegedly used campaign contributions for, um, personal matters.

Duncan Hunter, the California Republican, was charged with spending more than $250,000 in political donations on not-at-all-eligible priorities. At first we heard mention of things like dental work and plane fare for the family’s pet rabbit. And honestly, if the list had stayed in the bunny-root-canal level we might not be discussing it right now.

However, things progressed quickly to the point where Hunter’s lawyer was defending him by arguing that “evidence of infidelity, irresponsibility or alcohol dependence, once properly understood … do not equate to criminal activity.”