Republicans to Foley: Please stay out of the way

Former Florida Congressman Mark Foley was scheduled to leave the Sierra-Tucson rehab center yesterday, almost provoking a situation where the Foley predatorgate scandal could have been put back in the front pages just days before the midterm election.  But according to ABC News, Foley has decided to stay an extra month -- an obvious favor to the Republican Party:

The Florida Republican checked into Sierra Tucson on Oct. 1, twodays after he resigned from Congress in disgrace.  Today Foley'sattorney told the Associated Press that Foley will stay longer but didnot specify how long.

Sierra Tucson offers treatment for "Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity"and other psychiatric and behavioral issues as well as alcohol and drugabuse.  In a statement released by his lawyer Oct. 2, Foley said, "Istrongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need forimmediate treatment for alcoholism and other behavioral problems."

I wouldn't be surprised if some Republican was assigned to see to it that Mark Foley stayed inside the center until after the elections, well beyond his November 1st dismissal date.  The last thing Republicans need with the election just five days away is more talk about Foley.