I just read Susie Bright's note on Foley, and that is almost exactly my own reaction. This was an abuse of power on the job. And 15-17 yr olds are not children. It was creepy and obnoxious. So what.
Anyway, there is an ethical issue here. If you find nothing wrong with Foley or his boyfriends, is it really a valid ethical position to castigate him? See, I have this conflict. I hate jerks like Foley who have made use of homophobia and some indistinct public fear/fascination with sexuality. It would great fun to destory him and the Repugnants with such faux scandals. But somehow that is just as perverse a use of the political realm as the Right---which has succeeded in destorying any political discourse, just as they did with Clinton and Monica.
CG