My first observation about the Eliot Spitzer affair is that compulsive sexual activity is a human disease like compulsive gambling or compulsive drinking. It should be treated psychologically, but human beings seem to enjoy making moral judgments, especially when compulsive behavior appears in the political arena. Watching the mighty fall is viewed as a popular sport.

Second, the Eliot Spitzer situation says that in this day of electronic eavesdropping behavior that once was private now quickly and easily becomes public. In 950 B.C. King Solomon, a powerful king, had a thousand wives. Is that much different? Presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, William McKinley, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Jack Kennedy and Bill Clinton have all participated in illicit sexual relationships. Elliot Spitzer is no different.