ginger lee to lie are true. a former assistant attorney general told fox news today that he doubts that this rises to the level of obstruction of justice. instructing them to lie simply to avoid personal embarrassment. not a purpose to frustrate that investigation, then that might be a crime. the fact that weiner has said he will cooperate in the investigation suggests that it might not be a drawn out affair as some past ethics committee investigations have been, shep? shepard: have any in the public eye come forward to say we support him, he should not resign? there has been some of that. also there has been some of this. house majority leader eric cantor today said, quote, i don t condone his activity and i think he should resign. rice called for weiner to step down indicating that an investigation is not even needed in this case. asked if he should resign senate