Fine example being set by Arkansas Republican legislators. They got caught holding an illegal fund-raiser — using U.S. Rep. Steve Womack as a host to raise corporate money. Federal rules don’t allow it.

Womack says the money should be refunded. Arkansas Republican legislators prefer to ask the contributors — wink, wink, nudge — if it’s OK by them for the Republicans to hang onto the money.

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Sleazy business. The Arkansas Democratic Party makes hay:

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