Craig's List

The ship of Sen. Craig's life appears to be sinking. Driven into the rocks by his own admissions, and ruined by his own denials, true, but I won't be joining in the scavenging over the wreckage. Although, of course, I don't think grown men should be fucking each other in a public restroom, asking another person for consensual sex isn't illegal. Neither is hypocrisy. Mr. Craig is a sad man, brought low by his own refusal to admit his true self. I don't take any joy from that. And certainly no one else should, either. Because the story of Mr. Craig isn't a scandal, it's a tragedy. This isn't a time to revel in his excesses, his faults, and to condemn someone so torn and conflicted as to speak out against the very acts he engaged in. It's a time to remember that we're all weak, all human, and can all be ruined by our own failings.