laws. i didn't do any of those things. resigning would be admitting guilt. >> resigning would be admitting guilt. that's what he said last month. now he's resigning. joining us now is the man who broke the news this evening, columnist for the las vegas sun and host of "face-to-face with john rolston." congratulations on the scoop, and thanks for being here tonight, john. >> nice to be back with you, rachel. >> why is he resigning now? why not six weeks ago when he announced his retirement? >> well, rachel, as i have said many times, his political career was over on june 16, 2009, and you showed some of that video. he seemed to be the only one who did not know that. and he had to be dragged kicking and screaming every step of the way, from the moment he made that announcement. you know a lot of people wanted him out of there. it took the ethics committee, and i have just confirmed this right before coming on here, to vote this week secretly as they