In a WaPo op-ed, titled “McCain’s Lobbyist Baggage“, E. J. Dionne Jr. writes:

While I want to agree with Mr. Dionne on this point, it’s not being very realistic. We live in a hurried, fast food, supermarket tabloid world. People want dirt, and “journalists” are all too happy to deliver.

Mr. Dionne argues for privacy, unless there’s a “truly compelling public reason” not to. Where is the cutoff point, sir? Am I to assume you believe it to lie somewhere between John McCain and Bill Clinton? Could we have more clarification please?

And how do you feel about Sen. Craig’s bathroom antics? Should they have remained private? He says he did nothing inappropriate. Do you concur?

It’s silly to believe a man’s private life doesn’t affect his public life. Conservatives resoundly held this belief during the Clinton/Lewinsky brouhaha, and acted upon it. Were they wrong? Is our former president owed an apology? Do you think he’ll get one? Does anyone?

I think not.