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On the recordJune 6, 2011
If he's now going to be opining on each unfaithful or cyber-unfaithful husband, he ought to have to take a position now on whether David Vitter, the senator from Louisiana, who ran on family values and then got caught on the D.C. madam's list of friends, whether he should resign.
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Eric Cantor
Virginia

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Paul Begala argues that Eric Cantor should address the issue of David Vitter's resignation given his stance on infidelity.

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