the dude is a complete pervert and I'm all for sending him up the river. I think this will stay in the news until election day, and will hurt the repubs big time come election day, just like it would have hurt the dems had it happened to them. Lets not kid ourselves, if the shoe was on the other foot the right would be running to the bank with this one and we'd never hear the end of it.
To crooks like bob menendez in NJ, this may be the best news he's heard all year.
i think the better question is how can "anyone" can do it, not the right wing. You should also ask Chuck Shumer why he voted against censuring the congressman who had sex with a 17 year old page in 1983...