Senator Craig resigned on Saturday, or should I say “resigned”, because Tuesday he called a mulligan. But in his Saturday speech…politicians always dispense easy, face-saving lies in these situations—”spending time with my family”—but it’s part of the script and everyone knows it and expects it. But reading his “resignation” speech on Saturday, it’s interesting what Craig is saying about his priorities:

…to pursue my legal options, as I continue to serve Idaho, would be an unwanted and unfair distraction of my job and for my Senate colleagues. These are serious times of war and of conflict — times that deserve the Senate’s and the full nation’s attention.

There are many challenges facing Idaho that I am currently involved in. And the people of Idaho deserve a senator who can devote 100 percent of his time and effort to the critical issues of our state and of our nation.

So essentially, by changing his mind, he’s decided his reputation is more important than the people of Idaho, the Senate, times of war and conflict, and the full nation’s attention. It’s like he had a press conference a few days later and said, “I went home and looked at my family, and you know, I don’t even like them very much.”