Daschle got that car and driver in early 2005. So here's a fair question: Why did he not think until the summer of 2008 to ask his accountant about his possible tax liability relating to same?
Well, it could be that it was all innocent. And, ummm...it could also be that by the summer of 2008, Barack Obama had secured the Democratic nomination and was a better-than-even shot to become the president -- meaning, for Daschle, that he was at that point a better-than-even shot to have an administration gig. And it was only then that he decided he'd better clear things up.
I still say in this as in all such matters, let's withhold judgment. But if the above is true, this deserves to be a big problem.
