Earlier today, Politico reported that it was “far from certain” that Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) would hold on to his Senate leadership position in the wake of his admitted affair with a former campaign staffer. Now, MSNBC reports that Ensign is stepping down from his role as the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee:
Update
The conservative editorial page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal pens a strong defense of Sen. Ensign: “Despite the predictable cries of ‘hypocrisy’ from leftists who are only spared the label because so little is expected of them…Sen. Ensign remains one of the more principled spokesmen now on the Washington stage for a government limited in size and intrusiveness into our lives.”
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