BREAKING: Ensign Admits Affair

CAPSULE from Politico:

Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign has told colleagues that he plans to admit an extramarital affair, a senior Republican official tells POLITICO.

Ensign, who ranks fourth in Republican Senate leadership, planned to make the announcement on camera, to his constituents in Nevada, the official said.

The affair was with a member of his campaign staff, AP reported

Tsk, tsk, tsk on the trist, trist, trist, Senator Hypocrite. Are caddies considered campaign staff?

UPDATE from the LVSUN:

An aide in Ensign's office said the affair took place between December 2007 and August 2008, with a campaign staffer who was married to an employee in Ensign's Senate office. Neither have worked for the senator since May 2008. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity. The aide declined to comment on Ensign's political future.

WHEW! At least he wasn't trying to crossbreed with a Democrat....