Sen. Pete "Baby daddy" Domenici

Former New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici told the Journal on Tuesday he fathered a son outside of his marriage over 30 years ago, revealing a secret kept for decades. Statements given to the Journal by Domenici and the son’s mother, Michelle Laxalt of Alexandria, Va., identified the son as Adam Paul Laxalt, a Nevada lawyer. Michelle Laxalt formerly was a prominent government relations consultant and television political commentator in Washington, D.C. She is a daughter of former U.S. senator and Nevada Gov. Paul Laxalt. [...] Michelle Laxalt said “one night’s mistake led to pregnancy” and she chose to raise the son as a single parent.

Don't you just love the smell of a Republican sex scandal in the morning?Now, far be it from us to judge what happens behind closed doors between consenting adults. After all, it's really no one's business if the former senator of New Mexico was diddling a colleague's daughter behind his wife's back. Clearly, such a private matter is nobody's business, and we should all stay out of it.

Oh, unless that senator happens to believe that the government has a vested interest in what happens behind closed doors between consenting adults, women have no right to privacy at all, and adultery "rise[s] to the level of impeachable offenses that the Founding Fathers envisioned."

Like Sen. Pete Domenici did when he was wandering the halls of the Senate in his pajamas. In which case, all bets are off. Head below the fold to find out why.