This morning, I was awakened by my wife, who brought me coffee. As I was rousing from my groggy slumber my clock radio turned itself on, and I heard Mr. Spitzer’s resignation speech.

New York governor Eliot Spitzer has resigned, purportedly over a sex scandal. It seems the governor, who spent his career as an attorney general and politician has been visiting high-priced hookers for the past ten or so years. He’s right to resign.

After all, prostitution is illegal in New York. It’s illegal in Washington D.C. It’s also illegal in both places to solicit prosecution. As a former attorney general, Mr. Spitzer knew this, and in fact probably prosecuted people for it.

Democratic calls for his resignation that I’ve heard have touched on his hypocrisy. Democratic support for Mr. Spitzer has ranged from condemnation of America because of our backward value system to the it’s just about sex argument. After all, more enlightened and culturally advanced Europeans think there’s nothing wrong with a man acting on his base animal instincts, or cheating on his wife.