What? He solicitated an 18 year old? Was he supposed to do it earlier before the age of consent?

The problem is most repubs are corrupt. It will be hard for Mccain to find clean honest people to run his campaign.

Oh no, McCain confused two football teams from what just 30 or 40 years ago? I'd be doing good to remember that there was just that these 2 teams existed that long ago.

Pfleger bad mouthed a grown woman. This McCain spiritual advisor tries to nail 18 year olds. And you compare the two?

he allegedly solicited sex from an 18-year-old female student when he was a professor at Fordham University in New York in 1994.

I see the word ALLEGEDLY. What does that mean?

Advise too Hudson - ENTER A REHAB CENTER like your other Christian, hypocritical pals ie Foley, Haggert etc etc - Craig didnt .... but should have -he is too busy writing his book that explains his wide stance -

Yes, well it's not unusual that the Democreeps would try to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

At age 18 years old she is no child and if he approached her the catholics have nothing to say about it. She is of age. Men have done that in the 30's 40's 50's 60's & later. What is the big deal? That has been going on since time. All she had to say is no. He wasn't going after a child. McCain should not fire him. The catholic church should clean out their own back yard first.

BTL musings - Yes, and Republicans would never do that! LOL

No...he tried to have sex with another consenting adult? What is the problem exactly? The fact that she was an ADULT? Or perhaps that she was actually a female? Oh wait I know, she wasn't overweight or wearing a blue dress? Or could it be that neither of the consenting adults involved were married to someone else?

This seem a small matter compared to Senator Obama's affliations with questionable pastors, churches, groups etc. Anything to cause a fuss.

With all the comments made against this man because he approached an 18 year old for sex that is not a crime because she was old enough. Get a grip. By the way yes, the catholics don't believe in sex before marriage. How many college students are living common law today? How many male students sneak into the girl's dorm? Let's be real. When your old enough, there's nothing anyone can do. Didn't you ever listen to the Maury show where youngs girls ages 14 and up are having sex for money. Where have all of you been? And they are proud of it. Plus they are asking the men.

Kent: He doesn't need a rehab center. Its not a crime to ask for sex at his age or her age. Get real. If a man approaches you all you do is say NO! Its as simple as that. The catholics are making a big deal out of nothing. Their priests should go to rehab. The catholics need to clean up their churches.

In the 40,s & 50,s if a man asked for sex the answer would be get lost. No one made a big deal out of it. The trouble today is guys and girls have to learn to how to grow up and get a life. There were girls in those years that had sex with men older than themselves but the difference then and now is at that time guys wouldn't marry a girl they had sex with.

His staff members can't control their staffs/members.

What a surprise. A conservative with a shady sexual past.

Surely the American people have learned by now that the political party members screaming the most about "moral" values - don't have any of their own.

Wonder if we'll have to endure this story for weeks on end like Rev. Wright.

My best guess.....nope.

Hudson,... was forced out of a similar position with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election team when the same story surfaced.

... Hudson was forced to resign ... after a night of heavy drinking."

"Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader that you want associated with your campaign," wrote the group's executive director, Chris Korzen.

Hudson has been described as a Catholic "powerbroker" with close ties to Karl Rove. He reportedly advised President Bush and Rove on issues of importance to Catholic voters.

Hudson,... was forced out of a similar position with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election team when the same story surfaced.

... Hudson was forced to resign ... after a night of heavy drinking."

"Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader that you want associated with your campaign," wrote the group's executive director, Chris Korzen.

Hudson has been described as a Catholic "powerbroker" with close ties to Karl Rove. He reportedly advised President Bush and Rove...

Catholics United? Never heard of them. 20,000 members? Seems pretty small compared to the 10s of millions of Catholics in America and they do not represent me. Granted, a man who has been accused of sexual misconduct also does not represent me.

Catholics care about socially conservative issues. Abortion is murder, same-sex marriage is a sin, birth control use is sinful, etc. Unlike "evangelicals" Catholics generally arent single issue voters. Poverty, immigration, human dignity are also important issues. It's just where the particular faithful decide to place their vote.

These claims that the Catholic vote is going to Obama is unfounded and irresponsible. I am a church-going Catholic and I plan to vote for McCain in '08.