Today, Rep. Eric Massa, a first-term Congressman from New York, placed an announcement on his official Congressional web site informing the world that he will resign from Congress at 5 PM on Monday the 8th of March. Massa is leaving amid sexual harassment allegations from a male staffer.
However, according to the resignation letter posted on his web site, the Congressman is resigning for health reasons and so that he can spend time with his family.
-- "Two days ago as I sat reading my new annual CAT scan, having been told that the anomalies in the films may or may not be scar tissue, I decided to finally take the advice that my doctors have repeatedly given me, and that is to take care of my family and myself before my profession
(http://massa.house.gov/).
Of course, why else would an elected official leave his office, early, if not for reasons of health and to spend time with his family? The Congressman takes a familiar exit.
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