Chutzpah Watch: David Vitter is calling for Roland Burris’ resignation

The Hill:

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R), who survived a 2007 sex scandal, called on Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.)  to resign Tuesday for his ethical shortcomings.

Vitter was connected with a prostitution ring two years ago and  dismissed any suggestion of hypocrisy given his own refusal to resign in the wake of that scandal.

“I honestly don’t know anybody who would compare these situations,” he told The Hill on Tuesday. “They are dramatically different.”

I would!

Now, Vitter never specifically admitted visiting a prostitute, instead acknowledging a “very serious sin in my past.” But assuming that he did, in fact, visit prostitutes and paid them for sex, then Vitter broke the law.

Now it may be that Roland Burris also violated the law with his, ah, circumspection regarding his contacts with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in Illinois. If so, he should probably resign or be booted from the Senate. But David Vitter is pretty near the bottom of the list of people who should be leading that cause.