Why is that so many politicians can’t seem to resist messing up their lives — and ultimately ours — via sex or greed? Elliot Spitzer, governor of New York state who has made amazing progress in curbing the greed of corporations, allegedly has been involved with a prostitution ring. Can’t you just see his opponents salivating? The reverberations will be seismic.

A person’s sexual activities are his or her own business, but anyone active in the political arena risks opening the darkest corners of his life to investigation. Politicians need to get a grip and either be mindful or choose another profession.