Worse for him is that this is no penny ante misdemeanor under the NYS Penal Code. Because this involves the interstate transportation of women for an immoral purpose, this is a federal felony under the Mann Act. Did he think that Washington had no first-rate whorehouses? It's got Congress, for chrisakes.

It's a quarter after eight here in New York and I really thought that Dave Patterson would be the State's first Black (and Blind) Governor by now. Maybe by midnight?