Even if he was baited into writing these IMs, we still have a problem; he still wrote them thinking that the former page was underage. The Dems can still pound the GOP leadership on what they knew about Foley and when did they know it. True the leadership can also pressure the Dems on why they sat on these IMs for so long if they were concerned about the pages, but if the leadership had wind of some of Foley's sick extra-curricular activities (and I don't think they did) we could still have some problems.
Hello - the page WAS NOT UNDERAGED !!!!!!!!! Get the facts. The age of consent in DC is 16 - the page was 18.
Get it now ?