Should we investigate Sen. John Ensign?

LOL, and you noticed that he has made no attempt to resign, and has said he wouldn't. Cheating on your wife is done on both sides of the isle, but one side wants to claim that they are above it (untill they are caught). I agree it would be interesting to prosecute hypocrisy, most of the republican party would be in jail.

Ensign and his wife were separated at the time of the affair. Cindy Hampton wasn't separated from her husband (the man who is apparently behind the blackmail attempt that led to the public confession). Ensign and his wife have since reconciled, but often people consider separation to be a precursor to divorce. At the time of the affair, Ensign wasn't pretending to be happily married in the public view.

Well, I did a bit more investigation myself and it appears that it was the Cindy Hampton's husband who threatened to blackmail the Senator Ensign. The affair took place during a time when Ensign and his wife were separated. When the affair ended, the Hamptons left his campaign - there is no indication they left because he stopped paying them. Ensign and his wife were reconciled after the affair had ended and were separated before it began. It seems I was correct in my initial response. He confessed to the affair to avoid the husband, Doug Hampton, from attempting to blackmail him about the affair. Both Doug and Cindy Hampton worked for Ensign until shortly after the affair ended. When Ensign was approached by Doug Hampton with an extortion attempt, Ensign decided to make a public announcement but did not give out names of the parties involved. The Hamptons identified themselves following that announcement. I was unable to find any reference to any son of the Hamptons working there. I have to say that's there's not much left to investigate, he seems to have told us all there is to tell. I am sure the Hamptons will make up in payments for appearances on talk shows and other television interviews the income that they lost from their failed extortion attempt.

Here is the AP link http://news.aol.com/article/ex-campaign-aide-to-sen-ensign-confirms/529608?cid=12

As I understand it, they were also friends of both Ensign and his wife. They worked for the campaign prior to the affair and both of them stopped working for the campaign long before the affair ended (they left his employ in May 2008 and the affair went on through August 2008). Certainly, if they were suddenly paid hush money after the affair began or after they left his employ, that would be quite nefarious. I have no idea what staffers make or what their duties were, but I wouldn't mind making that kind of money. Surely he made some serious blunders and got into a situation he never should have. I do have to laugh though at the portrayal of Cindy Hampton as an innocent whose reputation is being ruined. It was her husband who approached the news media and they both identified themselves, which is something that Ensign didn't do. Oh, and they are hinting at more salacious details to come, for which I am sure some media outlet will pay them. Lovely people... Oh what a tangled web we weave, as they say.

You have a point there.

Iris, if Clinton paid her husband $13,555 a month, her $2,771 a month, and her son $1000 a month then YES I would care. I don't care about what party he is from, or what he did. I just wanted to know how a senator can pay this kind of money to his help, and get away with it.

then why did you response?