In a 1971 story (“Nora”), Washington novelist Ward Just wrote about a senator in trouble. “If you're an architect or a lawyer and you get into trouble, you can resign and go practice somewhere else,” Just wrote. “If you're a politician and get into trouble, that's the end of it.”
With the sexual harassment scandal in play on Capitol Hill, this phenomenon is as true today as it was 46 years ago. Except there's a second part, a twist: Those mired in sex scandals don't see political death as inevitable. They imagine they can escape. And perhaps they can.
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