You may have a good heart and want to give this guy every benefit of the doubt. But you fail to address the most cogent aspect to this whole sordid mess. Imagine you are Mr. Craig. You are a US Senator with community standing. And you are married with children. There have been homosexual allegations throughout your adult life. There is an ongoing newspaper campaign to out you as a homosexual.
Do you not think you would make d*** sure to avoid putting yourself in a compromising position? I would hope the answer is obvious.
So, in the midst of this controversy, you, the good Senator from Idaho, goes into an airport restroom and gets collared for lewd behavior. Then you flash your Senator business card and the arresting officer agrees to change the charge to disorderly conduct or some such. You grab at this like a drowning man to a life buoy. Heck, you don’t even call your lawyer. Then it takes two months for this to come out in the news. In the meantime, you go back to work and resume life with your family as if nothing has happened. You were not even moved by the event to eventually call your lawyer—after you cooled off and began to think rationally again.
Craig’s reaction is no different than Ted Kennedy’s after he drowned Mary Jo Kopechne (not sure if spelling is right).
Craig is a sick puppy. His sickness goes way beyond his homosexuality. Anyone who will risk his community standing and life (Aids) for a quick tryst in a rest room with a stranger of the same sex is sick.