John Ensign

I figured the John Ensign affair scandal was just your regular, run-of-the-mill adultery scandal. Apparently it’s a lot more complicated than that. At one time, Ensign employed the woman, her husband and her son at the same time. Ensign also got a job for the woman’s husband with a campaign contributor.

Now there are two new revelations: Senator Tom Coburn knew about the affair at least back to early 2008 and the woman’s husband tried to get Fox News’ attention to Ensign’s behavior. The man, Doug Hampton wrote a letter to Megyn Kelly at Fox, asking for her help. I find it quite interesting that even though the Republicans knew about the affair, they still elected him to a leadership position in the party. Is their bench that shallow, or do affairs only matter is your name is Bill Clinton or John Edwards? Text of the letter is below the fold.