And Tom Delay, the former House majority leader indicted on corruption charges, officially retires from Congress today. Delay bid farewell Thursday with a defiant speech on the House floor. In his twenty-two minute address, Delay attacked “liberalism” and defended “partisanship.” In closing, he said: “I exit, as always, stage right.” Delay resigned in April following months of political turmoil that included his criminal indictment, corruption probes and guilty pleas by two key members of his staff. Delay’s speech came on the same day an independent study said his former chief of staff, Susan Hirshchmman, was one of the two top recipients of privately-funded travel among congressional staff over a five year period. .