About three hours ago news broke that the Senate Ethics Committee issued a “letter of admonition” to Sen. Larry Craig pertaining to his debacle at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP), where an undercover police officer cited Craig for soliciting sex in a bathroom there last June.

The letter scolds him for his “improper conduct,” for using campaign funds to pay his legal fees and for flashing his Senate ID whilst saying, “What do you think about that?”

So Craig, who is not seeking reelection (I wonder why?), got off with a stern letter. There’s nothing more coming. No censure. No recall. Just a letter.

As a Minnesotan, this bugs me greatly. See, I travel a lot. In fact, I’ve flown in and out of MSP 12 times in the last seven weeks. And every single time I visit MSP, I find myself avoiding the restroom stalls. I know it’s silly, but I do. And on top of that, more than eight (I counted) of my friends on Twitter have teased me about the restrooms when I tweet that I’m headed to or hanging out at the airport.

Thanks to foot-tappin’ Larry, MSP has a stigma that a terse letter isn’t going to help. Maybe only time will help. After all, the event isn’t on the MSP Wikipedia entry (yet).

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