chris lee sent a topless photo of himself to a craigslist individual or an individual over craigslist the leadership got him out literally the day that broke so they seem to have some more leniency and believe this probably will not hurt them long-term but i will say they were on a pretty good tear regarding the president s health care law and for two days trey radel, who was an unknown congressman to the rest of the country, has been the talk of washington and on the national newscast and taken away from their message of carrying the president on his health care law. if this continues, maybe they will change their tune but so far they seem to be comfortable with this plan, so much as they let him anuns it on live t tonight. anthony weiner was hounded out of office by democrats, people in his leadership, for an awful lot less than what trey radel pleaded guilty to to in court today.
you know it might sound strange to say but i think it s a good thing to have people in congress who have experience with drug use, because they are writing laws for people who use drugs. so i think it s actually appropriate to have people who understand what it s like. i don t think they should be addicted while they re doing it but if he recovers from this he ll be a wiser lawmaker going forward. he can only demonstrate is he wiser by renouncing his vote on the food stamp drug testing for food stamp resip yernts. we re joined by luke russert. what has been the reaction today among the republican leadership in the house? well, the republican leadership, specifically john boehner was informed of congressman radel s arrest on
at his word, apparently the leadership is okay with this. the last time there was a similar incident and a congressman in western new york, chris lee sent a topless photo of himself to a craigslist individual or an individual over craigslist the leadership got him out literally the day that broke so they seem to have some more leniency and believe this probably will not hurt them long-term but i will say they were on a pretty good tear regarding the president s health care law and for two days trey radel, who was an unknown congressman to the rest of the country, has been the talk of washington and on the national newscast and taken away from their message of carrying the president on his health care law. if this continues, maybe they will change their tune but so far they seem to be comfortable with this plan, so much as they let him anuns it on live t tonight. anthony weiner was hounded out of office by democrats, people in his leadership, for an
tuesday, in fact, it was something that had not really been playing through the leadership ranks and that rangeled some of them. interestingly enough, lawrence, as i m sure enough when john boehner took the speaker s gavel, house republicans would act in a good manner and carry themselves in high regard and have good personal conduct. they remember mark foley, a different case than this but attribute that to why they lost the majority in 2006. report of the cincinnati enquirer reports trey radel s father saying the leadership does not want his son to resign. they are comfortable with him taking this leave of absence so if we take trey radel s father at his word, apparently the leadership is okay with this. the last time there was a similar incident and a congressman in western new york,
boehner was informed of congressman radel s arrest on tuesday, in fact, it was something that had not really been playing through the leadership ranks and that rangeled some of them. interestingly enough, lawrence, as i m sure enough when john boehner took the speaker s gavel, house republicans would act in a good manner and carry themselves in high regard and have good personal conduct. they remember mark foley, a different case than this but attribute that to why they lost the majority in 2006. report of the cincinnati enquirer reports trey radel s father saying the leadership does not want his son to resign. they are comfortable with him taking this leave of absence so if we take trey radel s father