Those indicted this week include Jim Ellis, one of Mr DeLay's leading political aides, John Colyandro, whom Mr DeLay chose to run Texans for a Republican Majority, and Warren Robold, a long-time DeLay fundraiser.

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The same goes for the long delay in the study--if outside experts had been named ahead of time to make decisions about the data, there would be no debate over whether Merck and Schering did the right thing with regard to this trial.

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