Sen. Arlen Specter said he won't call for congressional hearings on the NFL's investigation of the Spygate scandal after previously threatening to do so.
Specter's office confirmed Tuesday his comments a day earlier to the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board. Specter, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, had written in a Senate floor statement earlier this month that "I believe the NFL should step forward and embrace an independent inquiry."
"If the NFL continues to leave a vacuum," he added, "Congress may be tempted to fill it."
No independent inquiry has been announced; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell …

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