Miller Gets Alleged Scoop on Baucus from Foley
Politics Daily’s Emily Miller uses her longstanding connections to get a quote from former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who left Congress in 2006 immersed in a sexual scandal regarding underage male pages.
“I know Foley from when he was a deputy whip when I was communications director for then-Majority Whip Tom DeLay,” Miller wrote in her “Emily’s Post” column Monday.”On Monday, I e-mailed Foley to ask if he thought Baucus has a drinking problem. Foley responded: “I am in no position to judge the senators drinking habits, but it is clearly not advisable to take to the Senate floor for a major debate on health policy if you have been consuming alcoholic beverages to the degree it impairs your speech…”
See Miller’s full story here.
Politico’s Patrick Gavin also reports
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