Just breaking on CNN so no link yet, but Sen. David "Ho Luv" Vitter got us all excited by announcing he was going to make a statement, and then instead of a resignation it turned out to be a Huggies moment wherein he "regretted mistakes" or some such horseshit, then said he was staying so he could work on a pet issue...

...drumroll...wait for it....

...a water conservation bill of some sort.

Now I am as much in favor of water conservation as the next person but if you've already been cited on Jay Leno for having a diaper fetish, is this really the subject you want to bring up first thing?

Excuse me, I must reach for this soft cotton object to wipe away the tears. My, how soft and absorbent this object is!

UPDATE: Link to New Orleans Times-Picayune story now available here Read more…