Generally speaking, I think conservatives and Republicans have a better track record in this respect (Larry Craig notwithstanding).
It’s not popular here to say so, but I put Eric Massa in the same category. He screwed up, admitted it, and resigned - - only to be called a nut and a kook by everyone from Nancy Pelosi to Glenn Beck. Eric Massa didn’t pay anyone to keep quiet, and he didn’t lie or deny what happened. Yet “we” seem to want to crucify him for taking the high road.
To use Bill O’Reillys favorite line, “Am I wrong?”
He did NOT admit it. He said it was nothing sexual etc. He only quit because the Ethics Cmte or whatver had just rec’d reords of his days in the Navy, IIRC.