Rush Limbaugh, probably the most famous right-wing radio host of all time, was nearly indicted in a federal court for urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to change their party affiliation just long enough to vote for Hillary Clinton in those states' primaries, both held on March 4th.

Why would such a staunch pundit for the GOP urge such a thing? Simple: "This is too good a soap opera," Mr. Limbaugh told Laura Ingraham, another conservative radio personality. "We need Barack Obama bloodied up politically, and it's obvious that the Republicans are not going to do it and don't have the stomach for it, as you probably know."

It looks like Limbaugh had settled a little too comfortably into his presumed echo chamber, and didn't count on any unsympathetic ears to pick up his message. But they did, and for almost a full month it looked like he could face felony charges in Ohio, where it is illegal to pledge insincere allegiance to a party and its principles.

Whether his plan had any effect on Clinton winning in both of those states, which she did, is hard to say. Regardless, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on March 20th that the Cuyahoga Board of Election launched an investigation into the matter, stating that what Limbaugh did "amounts to voter fraud."

But this week, Leo Jennings, a spokesman for Democratic Attorney General Marc Dann, told the Columbus Dispatch that "We have no intention of prosecuting Rush Limbaugh because lying through your teeth and being stupid isn't a crime."

Limbaugh's two cents on the matter, which he posted on his Website, are characteristically callous: "I wouldn't worry about it," he writes. "Look at this as a badge of honor, ladies and gentlemen. If anybody gets indicted, if anybody has to go jail, it will be me -- and I'll do my program from jail for the short amount of time I will be there before I am excused and the charges dismissed.

"I had the temerity, ladies and gentlemen, to tinker with a tradition, a liberal Democrat tradition: voter manipulation."

As we say in journalism, "Let them hang themselves." Thank you, Rush.