But if it had been your kid you’d probably be a little on the side of the polemic, I’m betting. For those people, and all the children who are exploited for political gain when they suffer, but never really helped by those who use them, this is for you:

Florida law enforcement officials have been denied access to the office computers of disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, despite a direct appeal to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for help in their investigation of sexually explicit messages sent to current and former teenage congressional pages.

In response to a letter sent to Pelosi last month by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, House Deputy General Counsel Kerry Kircher denied the agency’s request, citing the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, which protects congressional papers.

“We have received (the House’s) response, and our investigative team is reviewing it,” FDLE spokesperson Heather Smith told ABC News. She said despite the House refusal to provide access to Foley’s computers, the FDLE is still investigating the former Republican who now sells real estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Foley resigned Sept. 29, 2006, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit messages with former congressional pages, some of whom were under the age of 18 at the time of the exchanges.

and isn’t that weird, abc won’t seem to let me copy and paste from that page, hmmm  Read more