GIVE IT UP SENATOR CRAIG—

US Senator Larry Craig (R) Idaho now wants to withdraw his guilty plea in a wretched effort to salvage his political career.

Recently he was caught in a police sting operation involving deviant behavior in a restroom at the Minneapolis airport.

He now says he was under stress and pleaded guilty only to put the matter behind him.

Frankly Senator, I’ve watched and listened to your explanations. I’ve also paid careful attention to published and broadcast remarks by the officer involved in your arrest.

Frankly, I believe the police officer.

And, I can understand your guilty plea. You were caught with your pants down. It happened far from the spotlight of the national media. With a quick, quiet guilty plea you hoped to slither on down the road while this sordid event dissolved into history.

Except it didn’t work that way.

Word got out and your Senate colleagues stripped you of all your prestigious committee assignments. A formal investigation by a Senate ethics panel is pending.

No doubt, with an eye on preserving your golden parachute of Senate retirement benefits, you resigned.

That was the correct decision. Leave it alone—and leave.