(Marion) Jones isn't alone in throwing honesty to the winds. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig was back in the news last week, reneging on his vow to leave Congress if his disorderly conduct conviction was upheld. As with Jones, Craig's story has been filled with denials and blaming of others after an incident in a Minneapolis airport restroom. The question for his Idaho constituents and fellow senators has become not what he did in that restroom to get arrested and convicted -- but whether he can be trusted to tell the truth. The answer is no. But Craig doesn't care. He just wants to hang onto his Senate seat, just as Jones wanted to hang onto her Olympic fame. For generations, folk wisdom has taught that "honesty is the best policy" and "cheaters never prosper." People such as Marion Jones and Larry Craig seem to have missed that lesson/Salem (Ore.) Statesman-Journal (courtesy of Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman.

Idaho Blogosphere:

*Joe Albertson would have been pleased now/Randy Stapilus
*Smell the fear/IdaBlue
*Risch doesn't (heart) blogs/Adam's Blog
*Interesting definition of tyranny/Clayton Cramer
*Bendover, Idaho/Free In Idaho
*How can I not speak/Morialekafa

Question: Do you honestly believe that cheaters never prosper?

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