Capitol Hill Prudes in Full Force — but Don’t Police Real Wrongdoing

By Norman Ornstein
Roll Call Contributing Writer

September 4, 2007, 5:52 p.m.

The news about Sen. Larry Craig (R- Idaho) did not come as a shock to veteran Congress-watchers; the rumors about his sexuality have circulated for many years. I suspect he pleaded guilty because he hoped against hope that a misdemeanor against a guy who was not a national figure in a state far from Idaho might escape public or press notice. It worked — for a while, until Roll Call got the scoop.

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