Representative Martin Frost (D-Texas) had planned a fundraiser headlined by Peter Yarrow of the Kerry-era folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary. Frost backed away when he discovered that Yarrow had been convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Now Frost’s opponent, Representative Pete Sessions, and other Texas Republicans want Frost to refund the money or at leastdonate it to a charity for abused children.

Yarrow has known JF Kerry for over three decades, and he performed at rallies for Kerry last January, but Yarrow and Kerry had something of a tiff; Yarrow is a peace activist and, as recently as this past January, Kerry supported the war.

Puff the Magic Dragon, indeed.