When I heard the news that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has likely thrown his political career away because he was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, I immediately thought of Eugene Robinson.Robinson, for those who have forgotten, is the former Atlanta Falcons safety who received an award for his "high moral character" from the Christian group Athletes in Action on the day before the Super Bowl, then went straight from the award ceremony to pick up a prostitute, unfortunately choosing a woman who was not actually a prostitute but rather an undercover cop.
Until this Spitzer news broke, I didn't think I'd hear of a man who damaged his image more by hiring a prostitute than Robinson did. But there's good news for Spitzer: Robinson's life seems just fine these days. He's working as a radio announcer for the Carolina Panthers, he's married with two kids, and he's a coach at Charlotte Christian School. I guess the lesson is that prostitution arrests are humiliating, but far from fatal.
