Foley Cites Alcoholism as Cause....kinda.

According to the New York Times, disgraced congressional Republican, Mark Foley, checked himself into a rehab clinic to treat his “alcoholism and related behavioral problems.” Apparently the congressman's lawyer cites Foley's hidden alcoholism as a cause for his latest problems and the loss of his job. 'Mr. Foley’s lawyer, David Roth, said that Mr. Foley had sent the inappropriate e-mail messages while under the influence of alcohol and that he had kept his drinking problem secret.'

Personally, I don't think it's his taste for a drink that people have a problem with (that's still a socially acceptable failing for a congressman), it's his taste for teenage boys as chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.

Ugh. The hypocrisy. Every speech he ever gave in that job is going to come back to haunt him.