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From The Washington Post…

Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal

Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at least one underage male former page.

We already knew that. Here’s the part we didn’t know…

The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley’s GOP colleagues, as lawmakers were rushing to adjourn for at least six weeks. House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of inappropriate “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he then told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Boehner later contacted The Post and said he could not remember whether he talked to Hastert.

It was not immediately clear what actions Hastert took. His spokesman had said earlier that the speaker did not know of the sexually charged online exchanges between Foley and the boy.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took the House floor last night to demand an investigation into the Foley matter. But Boehner headed her off, calling on the House to refer the matter to the ethics committee, which the House promptly voted unanimously to do.

Boehner and Hastert knew about Foley’s conduct. They knew! Yet they did nothing, and most likely would have done nothing had the news not broken on its own.

Boehner and Hastert need to go. Both of them. Now.

And I swear I’m going to puke if I hear one more person claim that the Republicans are the party of “family values.” Who knows how many more skeletons there are lurking in Republican closets?

The Republican legacy: Torture, Corruption, Bribery and Perversion.