Ross makes an interesting point here (and I’m thinking of writing about the McGreevey-Craig comparison) but he should take a look at McGreevey’s autobiography. He was way into “furtive” gay encounters.

The contrast between Craig – or Ted Haggard – and Jim McGreevey is instructive, in this regard. McGreevey was conducting long-term affairs with men, which suggests a person who had attained a certain comfort with his homosexuality, even as he attempted to keep it a secret. Whereas Craig and Haggard both seem to have sought out gay encounters in as furtive a fashion as possible, as someone would who’s giving in to what they consider an immoral temptation, rather than merely acting on a desire they would prefer to keep hidden from the public. And not coincidentally, given this difference in how they approached their sexual desires – and the kind of scandals that ensued – both Craig and Haggard are Republicans, while McGreevey is a liberal Democrat.