Yes, it is clearly a suicide. Yes, there were plenty of warnings given that she would kill herself. But that won't stop plenty of folks from coming up with conspiracy theories about "who killed the DC Madam."

A woman convicted two weeks ago of being the "D.C. Madam" hanged herself Thursday, apparently making good on her vow never to go to prison for running a high-end Washington prostitution ring.

The body of Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found in a shed near her mother's home about 20 miles northwest of Tampa. Police said the 52-year-old Palfrey left at least two suicide notes and other writings to her family in a notebook, but they did not disclose their contents.

Palfrey apparently hanged herself with nylon rope from the shed's ceiling. Her mother discovered the body.

Officers were outside the mother's white and pink home in the community of mostly retirees.

Of course, the fact that her mother says that Palfrey was not suicidal will fuel the conspiracy theories -- even though a number of other folks claim she had been making comments about killing herself rather than going back to jail for some time.

And I've already seen plenty of members of the mouth-foaming Leftosphere speculating about which Republican/conservative was being protected by the "murder of Deborah Jeane Palfrey".

Even though there wasn't a murder.

And even though the fact that she was so quick to disclose Republican names ought to make one wonder if she might have been holding (Bill Clinton) back (Bill Clinton) on (Bill Clinton) the (Bill Clinton) names (Bill Clinton) of (Bill Clinton) prominent (Bill Clinton) Democrats (Bill Clinton) -- and the threat of disclosure at the height of the Democrat presidential nomination contest serving as grounds for her timely and convenient demise, as has happened so often over the years to those with inconvenient information about a particular wannabe political dynasty.

Not, of course, that I believe for one second that this is anything more than a suicide by a troubled woman. But if the nutroots are going to toss around conspiracy theories, I might as well suggest one just as plausible in order to demonstrate teh absurdity of their efforts.