From the Associated Press top G.O.P leaders are calling for an ethics committee review into Idaho Sen. Larry Craig’s guilty plea into a lewd conduct sting operation in an airport mens bathroom. Craig tonights insists he is ‘not gay’ but the 24/7 news networks are already digging into his past, finding repeated allegations and similar statements issued by Craig in the past to deny them. That included a 1982 page scandal, similar to Mark Foley, in which Craig defended himself. See the clip below.

Sorry I couldn’t find a less partisan version of the clip.

Craig was walking into re-election in 2008 with a large campaign War chest in a heavily Republican seat but rumors have been around for awhile that he might not run. The prospects are not looking good for a re-election bid.