Desperate

I always figured Chris Cannon was pretty much a right-wing blogger in Congress, and this proves it:

The Times London is giving prominence today to a scoop about a bizarre attempt by Utah Republican congressman Chris Cannon and his brother-in-law Robert Fox to show that Obama's autobiography Dreams from my Father was in fact ghostwritten by William Ayers.

When Millican took a preliminary look at the two works he found that the claims were - surprise, surprise - "very implausible".

Even though he reported this to them, they still wanted him to continue, until he made it clear that he would want the results to be made public whatever the outcome. As the Times delicately phrases it:

A deal was agreed for more detailed research but when Millican said the results had to be made public, even if no link to Ayers was proved, interest waned.