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Senator Vitter — of the “Very Serious Sin” — Catches a Break

SOURCE: The Editorial Board // The New York Times Blog

15 May 2008 // As Congressman Vito Fossella, Republican of New York, faces demands he resign for the one-two punch of a DUI charge and revelations that he fathered a daughter from an extramarital affair, he can only envy the good luck of Senator David Vitter, his Republican colleague from Louisiana.

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