So far, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is the only voice in Congress calling for an investigation into the NFL's handling of the Patriots' illegal taping of signals that resulted in heavy sanctions against the team last September.
And it could stay that way, unless there is an unexpected groundswell of support on the matter.
We don't suspect there will be, despite the details of the Patriots' taping program provided by former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh. He outlined the program to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday and then again to Specter on Wednesday.
Specter left some wiggle room by saying he won't push for any hearings until his chemotherapy treatments for a recurrence of cancer are completed, which will take several months. The NFL hasn't said outright that it won't continue its own investigation, although it issued a statement yesterday saying it disagreed with Specter's call to do just that.
The league did offer a somewhat ambivalent response saying that it would "follow up."
Clearly, the details offered by Walsh are interesting, intriguing, and damaging to Belichick's situation. But the NFL has known about it for months, issued its discipline based on that knowledge, and is not about to go back and re-punish Belichick or the team.
Specter is calling for an investigation similar to the Mitchell Report on illegal substances used in baseball. But unlike that situation, there are no criminal activities associated with Spygate, so the Judiciary Committee that Specter sits on may be reluctant to get involved.
Interestingly, no one else on the committee has said a peep about Spygate, so unless something changes, Congress will sit on the sidelines until further notice.