in the roe manse with a staffer, cindy hampton, who happened to be married to another ensign staffer. the report says she did not want to have an affair, but she was on the payroll and so was her husband and she feared for their careers if she didn t give in. that makes it so much wort. apparently he listed cindy hampton as aunt judy in his cell phone, which is super-creepy. also in 2007, the day after their spouses learned about the affair, the couples met, the guilty parties apologized, and quote, the families then celebrated christmas together. wow. thereby creating the most awkward christmas party in history. but the affair continued later anyway. in 2008, john ensign s spiritual advisory tim co-learned that he was at a hotel. he said, quote, i know exactly
where you are, i know exactly what you re doing, put your pants on and go home, but ensign said, quote, i can t, i love her, tim, who is tim coe? he s a minister for the secretive religious organization known as the family. the family runs c street a boardinghouse for certain members of congress. john ensign lived there, so did senator dough burn. that raises some interesting questions as well. let s talk about that. jeff charlotte joins me. he literally wrote the book about c street. jeff, let s start with coburn. how does he get sucked up into this thing, and why is his behavior so questionable? well, coburn gets involved with doug hampton, the cuckold