WILL MURTHA BE NEXT? Visclosky hires lawyer in wake of PMA probe. “U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, confirmed Monday he has hired a nationwide law firm in the wake of a federal probe into a Washington lobbying group that has been his top campaign contributor. . . . The firm’s hiring comes four months after the FBI raided the offices of The PMA Group, of Arlington, Va., a firm that has been Visclosky’s biggest single source of campaign cash since 2003. It has funneled $179,450 to him in the last eight years, federal records show. The New York Times reported Saturday that federal investigators appear to be examining PMA’s relationship with Visclosky and are questioning people about the congressman and his staff.”

And then, of course, there’s Carolyn McCarthy.