I never heard that Craig "confessed" --though I've heard some people claim he did.
AFAIK Craig pleaded guilty to "make the thing go away." That's not the same as a confession.
A confession would go something like this: "Yes I was soliciting sex." Craig has never said that or anything like it.
newsflash. A guilty plea is a confession under the law. He did not say “no contest” or “not guilty”. He specifically said “guilty”. Guilty means he admitted he did it. He confessed.
IF he had been intelligent he would have plead “no contest” which is a plea of convenience and admit nothing. He did not do that, he plead GUILTY. He signed the document that said GUILTY.
This dispite the legal case against his homosexual conduct in fact was actually pretty weak.
Saying he did something is a confession in my book.