If he broke the law, he should step down. There. I said it.

But forgive me if I don't get all worked up about his sexual transgressions.

High-end prostitutes don't bother me. If a woman can make $5K an hour; go girl. And there is a huge difference between a Washington lady of the night and some crack addict who's wandering the streets, lowering property values and attracting violent crime.

I won't pretend otherwise.

And what about those in power who have a taste for sex?

Yawn.

Unless they rant against infidelity while doing it themselves (Gingrich, Limbaugh, etc.) or rant against homosexuality while doing it themselves (see: Craig and at least a half-dozen members of the Republican Party plus that New Life guy), I do not care if someone other than my husband is getting some strange on the side.

Don't forget to use protection, sweetheart.

But, Spitzer did bust a high-end prostitution ring in NYC. How's that for awkward and hypocritical.

What was he thinking? Maybe he wasn't thinking. Not about his wife and kids. Not about his political future. What is it about powerful men who sabotage themselves for some nooky?

They'd make an interesting psychological study.

We can start with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and keep going on up 'till today.

But you know what's even more boring than stories about politicians and their need for grown-up action? Those who judge them.

Consider this:

Back home in Tampa, Ybor City actually, is a building called El Pasaje. As a high school student, my friends and I staged a Haunted Hotel there to raise money for our drama department. It was perfect for such a production: old and rundown with a scandalous past. The El Pasaje building was renovated afterward and its history is still celebrated today.

Interestingly enough, that history includes El Pasaje's run as a bordello in the late 1880s. The girls inside took care of a certain group of regular customers who made it famous. Those customers were The Rough Riders.

Imagine back in the day if Teddy Roosevelt had been busted coming out of one of El Pasaje's bedrooms. Imagine if he had been made to call a press conference with Edith standing beside him. Our country would have missed out on quite a leader, a president who was ahead of his time.

We look back at that era with a wistful smile and murmer, "How charming" when we tour old bordellos and hear the stories that occurred there.

I find it hypocritical to stand in judgment of Governor Spitzer now.

There is a big difference between what he did and what Mark Foley tried to do with young boys.

I won't pretend otherwise.

However, if Eliot Spitzer broke the law, he should step down.

Can't help but wonder what if...and I'll bet Governor Spitzer wonders, too.

***wonder right back at the author at Out in Left Field***