CBS News has announced that Vaughn Ververs will step down as editor of The Hotline, National Journal’s indispensible political round-up, to become the new ombudsman for CBS News.

Word to the Media Blog is that Ververs is a solid guy and a good choice for conservatives. He’s worked at CBS before, so he’s familiar with the organizational culture. He also worked for Pat Buchanan’s 1992 campaign, but he’s good about keeping his politics out of his writing. Here’s wishing him the best and hoping he can get things cleaned up over there. No network needs a good public editor in its news division like CBS does right now.

ALSO: The Hotline is subscription only, but you should check it out today if you can to see what they have to say about Ververs’ departure.