Senator Harry Reid, the dour Democrat who seems closest to happy when fulminating over alleged Republican sins, has got some 'splainin' to do. The AP reports: The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing. Mr. Reid, a Democrat of Nevada, took the free seats for Las Vegas fights between 2003 and 2005 as he was pressing legislation to increase government oversight of the sport, including the creation of a federal boxing commission that Nevada's agency feared might usurp its authority. He defended the gifts, saying they would never influence his position on the bill and was simply trying to learn how his legislation might affect an important home state industry. "Anyone from Nevada would say I'm glad he is there taking care of the state's no.1 businesses," he told the Associated Press. "I love the fights...(Read Full Post)