Because all the way back to Nixon, the reps have been MORE than willing to toss their own to the wolves, while the wolves (demonRATS) tell us "IT'S CONSENSUAL, BABY".
This man's life has been destroyed and (as icky as I consider older men and younger guys) it has been over NOTHING. IF Foley had actually acted on anything, it would have been 4 inches high, above the fold, at the NYT.
Retired Congressman Gerry Studds, D-Mass., did act. He even roped his 17-year-old boy toy into a press conference to denounce the outrageous invasion of their privacy (which led to his censure by the House). Then he proceeded to get elected to five more terms. What's Miss America think of that?