A bit from our editorial:

Hastert doesn’t seem to have known anything about this matter last fall. His staff served him very poorly in taking this matter as lightly as they did, and in keeping him uninformed. Those aides of his involved in this fiasco ought to admit their mistakes and resign, and Hastert should not allow misguided loyalty to keep him from insisting on it.
Democrats are demanding that Rep. Shimkus resign, as well, from the page committee. We think that isn’t going far enough. Shimkus had more direct responsibility for the program than Hastert. If any congressman should resign over mishandling this affair, it should be Shimkus. At the least, he should acknowledge his mistakes and place himself at the mercy of his constituents. They just might be so refreshed at the sight of moral clarity in a congressman that they show that mercy.
For what it’s worth, we think that the Republicans’ political needs are one with their moral needs in this case. There was no cover-up. But there was an evasion of responsibility, that evasion is sadly continuing, and it needs to end.