Late last week Mark Foley a Republican Congressman from Florida resigned once it was made public by ABC News that the lawmaker was apparently sending inappropriate sexual messages to Congressional pages. Foley was the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children and was a vigorous and outspoken proponent of government efforts to combat child pornography, an effort, which now seems designed purely to cover his own indiscretions. Since the revelations became public last week, other pages have come forward to denounce Foley.

This latest scandal seems destined to ensure a Democratic victory in November, especially in light of new revelations that key Republican leaders may have known about Foley’s love of boys nearly a year ago.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert has called for an investigation, perhaps to deflect scrutiny from his role in the scandal. Many GOP leaders have all but admitted to having had advanced knowledge of Foley’s communications with underage teens. If true, If the Republican leadership did attempt to conceal this scandal solely for political expedience then surely they deserve the trouncing they are likely to receive in November, if only the alternative wasn’t so intolerable to palate.
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