Whew the DUmpster sh!t is hitting the fan, GSC.
UH you do know that foley has been kicked out, unlike barney frank and ted kennedy.
UH you do know that this was basically a well-known secret for a year by many, many Republicans in DC, who chose to keep it a secret rather than risk harming their hold on power?
You can choose to defend people who care more about protecting a f#cking pedophile over possibly losing control of Congress if you like. I'm not sure how you can look yourself in the mirror, though. Even without the IMs, there was enough evidence to be more proactive about Foley's fondness for boys. It also appears that page orientation unofficially included instructions to cover your ass when around Foley. There are several people in Congress who could have done something about this, but chose not to really do so until the sh!t hit the fan in the news media. That is more an example of a culture of corruption than any garbage Pelosi has ever cited.
Oh, and not that it matters, really, but my nephew is a victim of exploitation that, in the chain of abuse, began with an adult abusing his cousin. Now, many minors in that chain are screwed up for life over this-- and partially because adults who had ideas about things kept quiet out of fear of various things (like the fear of losing power in Congress in this case). I'm a little sensitive about the stupidity of that strategy.