I suppose it would be easy to be snarky and funny and dismissive of Rep. Mark Souder, an Indiana Republican and evangelical Christian, who is resigning from Congress as part of the fall out from an affair with a staffer.

I will be bigger than that. Sort of. Except for this part, "In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain."

Any personal failing? I'm sorry Mr. Congressman, but this one is not just "any personal failing." This is one of the big 10, a major transgression, a serious boo-boo. One of those "Shall Nots" that Moses brought down from the mountaintop.

A "personal failing" is forgetting to pay parking tickets, may be, or overdue library books, or being grumpy in the morning before your coffee. An affair with an underling is bigger stuff. One could say that my dislike of guns is a personal failing, or my ability to drone on to hear myself speak is a personal failing.