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La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Posted Jul 10, 07 1:33 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week.

The self-styled social conservative may face more scrutiny than other politicians associated with the now-infamous Palfrey. Blogs are buzzing about Vitter's apparent hypocrisy: He's made family issues a key component of his career and is a staunch opponent of abortion and gay marriage. The first-term Republican doesn't face re-election until 2010, though his name had surfaced among possible VP contenders.

Source Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

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