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Yet Another Conservative Senator Screws Up

Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair - CNN.com

Ensign, 51, would not identify the woman but said she and her husband had been "close friends." Her husband, he said, also worked for him.

"Last year, I had an affair," the Republican senator said outside his office in Las Vegas. "I violated the vows of marriage. It's absolutely the worst thing I've done in my life.

So yet another socially conservative senator has gone ahead and completely violated everything they stand for. Of course now all of the right wing commentators and talking heads will come out and say how sorry he is and it is OK because he has appologized. Unfortunately, those of us moderates who don't go around and cheat on our wives really don't care how sorry he is or how terrible he feels. If he felt that bad about it then maybe John would not have done it in the first place. All I know is that while it is true these people are human too and they do mess up even as Senators, I sure wish these people who tout social conservativisim could actually live up to their own standards.

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