The New Criminal Defense: 'I'm in Rehab'

Former Florida Rep. Foley has checked into rehab, so everything is OK. It seems that checking into rehab is the new criminal defense for everything from drunk driving and prescription drug abuse to homosexual predation. This perv had a long standing fascination with page boys going back eleven years. His proclivities were so well known that the pages were giving newbies the low down on Foley. His queer eye for boys was "well known in the gay political community' according to former staffers. For Hastert to claim he knew nothing about Foley's predilections strains credibility. Foley may have committed a state felony offense. If Hastert knew about criminal behavior and did nothing about it, that makes him an abettor.