Oregon Democrat David Wu and his troubled career in Congress

As a freshman congressman in 1999, Rep. David Wu openly hungered to serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee that controls federal spending, even though new members rarely get on the panel. Wu's fellow Oregon Democrats thought any opening should go to Rep. Darlene Hooley. Wu dutifully joined his colleagues in signing a letter to House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., urging her appointment to the committee. But Wu, still heady with his sudden ascent to Congress after winning a come-from-nowhere victory in his first campaign, wouldn't leave it at that -- and in the end, doomed himself and Hooley....