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Florida Republican Mark Foley took big chances sending raunchy e-mails and lewd text messages to congressional pages.  Maybe he thought he would be protected.  Or maybe we was committing political suicide. He resigned his seat.

On the other hand, he's still following congressional procedure.  He has checked into rehab, giving alcoholism a bad name.

The question now is what did House Speaker Hastert know about Foley's messages and when did he know it.

The Washington Times thinks Hastert is Foley's keeper and he should step down too.  The Wall Street Journal asks why go after Hastert when  Democrat Gerry Studds actually seduced a page 23 years ago and was allowed to remain a member of congress for 13 years after being censured?