Very damning evidence. If it is all true, and it seems very likely that it is, Rep. Foley has shamed himself, his office, his district, and his party.

I got back recently from Seattle, where good friends told me about their son’s wonderful experience as a Congressional page earlier this year. Rep. Foley’s apparent abuse of office and lecherous communications with a 16-year-old boy– during what should have been one of the best times in his life as a page in Washington–is every parent’s worst nightmare.

It happens to both boys and girls, and all parents must be vigilant and immunize their children against predators early and often.