“ Too many times in recent years the blustering enforcers of family values and public piety have turned out to be frauds. The unhappy examples range from Ralph Reed’s gambling connections and Newt Gingrich’s infidelities to Ted Haggard’s secret gay lifestyle. The latest episode involves Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), another conservative Christian moralist, whose name just turned up in the phone book of the “D.C. Madam.” (He once said that Bill Clinton deserved to be removed from office for his sexual infidelity, but now shows no sign of resigning his own seat.)
