There are other, more pressing stories out there — North Korea, for example — but if you want an excellent dissection of who Mark Foley is why the GOP supported him, check out this post by Reaction guest blogger Capt. Fogg.
Key quote: “The loss of the flimsy Halloween costume gravitas of right-wing opinion shouters, spewing non sequiturs and slanders in the vain hope that they can turn the blame on the Democrats, is as welcome as the swan song of the fat lady in some tedious opera.”
See here.