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Do as I say, not as I do

Slide show: You can add Roy Ashburn to the long line of anti-gay politicians who don't practice what they preach

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Larry Craig

His arrest for soliciting sex in a bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport made the words “wide stance” famous. A year later, though, the Idaho Republican was still in the Senate, still co-sponsoring the Federal Marriage Amendment. Though he initially pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the incident in the airport bathroom, Craig ended up fighting to retract the plea – similarly, he went back on what had appeared to be a promise that he'd resign from the Senate. Instead, he served out the remainder of his term, retiring at the beginning of 2009.