[RichInOC]

I know Mark Foley. Mark Foley is a friend of mine. But in all my years working with him in Congress and on TV, I could have never foreseen this kind of scandal swirling around the friendly politician.

Excuse me...never? You guys were electoral classmates, your district was up the Gulf Coast from his, you spent eight years working in the House together, and you got not even a whiff of a rumor that the guy liked 'em a little young? Excuse me if I'm a bit skeptical that Florida politics is that big of a world.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

your district was up the Gulf Coast from his

Not to defend Scarborough, but the distance between Pensacola (main city in Scarborough's district) and West Palm Beach (main metro area in Foley's district) is 700 miles. That is like saying that a Congressman from NYC should be familiar with a Congressman from Chicago, because their districts are 'down I80 from each other.'