CLIFTON PARK -- Former U.S. Rep. John Sweeney was charged with drunken driving early this morning after a traffic stop on the Northway, State Police said.
The arrest was the latest embarrassment for a one-time Congressional rising star whose re-election campaign was derailed last year by allegations of domestic violence.
And then I also lost any sympathy after reading this.
"He is a private citizen," Jones said. "This is a private matter."
Well not really. It's true he's a private citizen which diminishes the degree to which it's appropriate to make the story prominent, but once you get arrested it ceases to be a "private matter."