Because it's irresponsible not to speculate. Just how much "fawning" are we talking abut here?

A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" of Congress who page program supervisors complained spent too much time socializing with pages, taking them to dinner or sporting events outside of official duties.

Mark Foley was also on the list.

The source said Trandahl frequently cautioned both congressmen that "adults should hang out with adults, pages should hang out with pages," a message Trandahl also conveyed to pages during their orientation.

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Kolbe responded, "I would love to comment on a lot of these things, but I think it's just appropriate to say we're cooperating fully with all the inquiries."

Kolbe was also asked by reporters to respond to reports that the U.S. Attorney in Phoenix has opened a preliminary inquiry into a 1996 camping trip Kolbe took with two high school boys, both former pages, following a report by MSNBC that one adult member of the trip was "creeped out" by "fawning, petting and touching" on the arms, shoulders and back of one of the teenagers by Kolbe.

"I know there are a number of inquiries underway, and we're cooperating fully with all those inquiries, and I'm sure at the end of the time it will show that we acted appropriately and did exactly the right thing," Kolbe said.

Say it with me, kids: "Ewwwwwwwww!"

...and if I may: "We?" What is this, an out and out (heh) kiddie sex ring? Is this like Band of Older Brothers or something, all of them sticking together? I'm just not clear on how petting and touching teens on camping trips constitutes anything close to "the right thing." That he would even try to pass this off as normal or correct just shows the depth of his depravity.

Of course, I'm sure Foley is happy he's no longer the poster boy for Ick. Is there a priest you can blame for this, Jim? Or is the a classic case of "how things are done" in the Wild, Wild West?