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In terms of whether the press holds him to the same standard as the mark foley situation, i think that the big difference is that he's leaving versus what the mark foley situation, it was sort of an ongoing thing and it sort of fed the fire by letting him still be there. the democrats actually dealt with this probably the best they could do when it came out and just kind of distanced themselves. >> jon: now the question is, what did nancy pelosi know and when did she know it. does that deserve investigation? >> sure, absolutely. >> one of the biggest things with the foley situation was what di...

In terms of whether the press holds him to the same standard as the mark foley situation, i think that the big difference is that he's leaving versus what the mark foley situation, it was sort of an ongoing thing and it sort of fed the fire by letting him still be there. the democrats actually dealt with this probably the best they could do when it came out and just kind of distanced themselves. >> jon: now the question is, what did nancy pelosi know and when did she know it. does that deserve investigation? >> sure, absolutely. >> one of the biggest things with the foley situation was what di...

Let's take a look at some of them. here we go. >> republican senator mitch mcconnell, a caucus racked by scandal. david vitter, prostitution, violating his vows to his family and the public. john ensign, an fbi investigation, allegations of hush money and jobs for silence, all to cover up his affair. >> most open and most ethical congress in history. >> charlie rangel stepped down after breaking ethics rules and failing to pay taxes. pelosi? defended him for nearly two years. eric massa resigned after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced. pelosi? called it rumor. >> okay. so, clearly, the...

Tush. this publicity is not good for rahm or the president but it will die down. >> bret: does he stay on. >> yes, he stays on. >> he stays on in the shower. >> i think his career was on the skids when you had all the stories in the post about b. how smart he was and how much of a dummy the boss was. i think he has been revived by eric massa. any guy who does easter promises like steam room knockdown of another congressman in the full monty deserves respect and i think he will get it now. >> bret: do you think how this health care situation is being handled now is in some way redeeming for chi...

Congressman, here are some of the late night memories inspired by his misadventures. >> new york democratic congressman eric massa announced he was resigning from congress due to health reasons. what health reasons? well, rumors began to circulate that he had testicular -- um, not cancer. what is it when you're not a doctor but you try to check out other people's balls? [ laughter ] >> oh, groping. >> so let's try to capture this image in our minds. congressman in his office in washington, a staffer tickling him -- [ laughter ] >> it turns out massa was accused of sexually harassing a male sta...