The John Ensign scandal, like all those that have come before it, has been framed by the perpetrator and their defenders, as personal matters requiring respect for privacy from public scrutiny. They talk of their personal misgivings, the task ahead of rebuilding their relationship with their wife, children, constituents, staff, and Jesus. And that we, as understanding citizens, should give them the freedom and the privacy to do this.
The problem is that rarely have these affairs been private matters. They...
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