Ethics

Promise Keeper Forgets Promise

By Ed Brayton

Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada has been forced to admit that he had an affair on his wife. Not only did he cheat on her with a staffer, that staffer was also cheating on her own husband - who was also an Ensign staffer. Ensign is a hardcore religious righter and was a prominent member of Promise Keepers. Gotta love those "family values." Best of all, as the Huffington Post reports, Ensign has a long history of being self-righteous at other politicians caught cheating:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 17, 2009 (boomark / email).