He wanted to clean up politics in the Jersey capital. It didn't work out that way. A series of scandals, and a gay secret life, cut James McGreevey's career short. 'I am a gay American': Damage control or personal integrity? New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey had stayed a step ahead of the rumors for years. In down-and-dirty New Jersey politics, Republican opponents had tried to hint at his double life, sometimes none too subtly. One Republican opponent in a local election sent out a mass mailing with photographs of McGreevey's car getting late-night parking tickets in a particularly seedy area...