So we have this Republican congressman from Florida who resigned today because of his sexually explicit e-mails with congressional pages. At first Foley lashed out at his Democratic challenger for starting a smear campaign. Then the e-mails became public. Read the following exchange between the congressman and his apparent courtesan:

Warning...sexually explicit language between a Republican congressman and a former congressional page

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Foley resigns from Congress over e-mails

By DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.

"I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent," he said in a statement issued by his office.

His departure sent Republicans scrambling for a replacement candidate less than six weeks before midterm elections in which Democrats are making a strong bid to gain control of the House.

Foley's two-sentence statement gave no reason for Foley's decision to abandon a flourishing career in Congress. But several officials said the resignation had been prompted by the e-mails, and he took his action as fresh details emerged about electronic messages he had sent.

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