Oh my. It would appear U.S. Sen. John Ensign’s parents sent almost $100,000 to his mistress. It would also appear the odious U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, Ensign’s suitemate in D.C., knew about Ensign’s cavorting and has been caught in some doubletalk about his own role in the appearance that hush money was passed out. He’s now claiming clergy-counselee privilege to avoid talking about it.

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