Mitch should demand Stevens' expulsion

Bruce Lunsford issued the following statement regarding the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK):

"Ted Stevens has been convicted of a felony and could be serving jail time by next year. He should be expelled from the Senate. Mitch McConnell is the Leader of his party and should take the lead on demanding his expulsion. At a time when Americans have lost faith in Washington, it is simply not acceptable for the Senate to embrace with open arms a Senator who has been convicted by a jury of his peers of seven felony counts. Ted Stevens is now barred by Alaska law from voting in elections because he is a felon - how could Mitch McConnell support letting him vote on matters of our economy and foreign policy?"

Stevens, the Senate's longest-serving Republican, was found guilty yesterday on seven counts of lying about gifts he received from wealthy oil contractors.