One day, in the not-too-distant future, if there is any justice whatsoever, Charles Rangel (D-NY) will be outfitted in an orange jump suit and perp-walked into Leavenworth. Then, his stamp-size photo will become standard issue in dictionaries defining the term "con artist." All with ample reason.

The latest Rangel con, revealed in a story that just broke this past week, involves his allegedly "forgetting" to report a half million dollars in assets and income that somehow simply slipped his mind (which happens to us all, of course). He remembered the missing $500,000 - which doubled his net worth - when he finally amended his 2007 financial disclosure form. That's right - 2007 - which makes one wonder when we can expect the actual facts about 2008.

Here's how the Wall Street Journal reported Charlie the Con’s most recent artless dodge:

"Earlier this month the Chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee 'amended' his 2007 financial disclosure form—to the tune of more than a half-million dollars in previously unreported assets and income. That number may be as high as $780,000, because Congress's ethics rules only require the Members to report their finances within broad ranges. This voyage of personal financial discovery brings Mr. Rangel's net worth for 2007 to somewhere between $1.028 million and $2.495 million.”