Sestak’s Opportunity

Serious question: Why doesn't Joe Sestak come clean?

Serious question: Why doesn't Joe Sestak come clean?

The Pennsylvania Democrat acknowledges that the White House offered him a job if he would withdraw from the Senate race against Arlen Specter. That offer raises embarrassing ethical questions for the White House, possibly legal jeopardy.

But Sestak did nothing wrong. If he was offered a bribe (big if), he rejected it. No crime, no impropriety, no "appearance of impropriety" in that. So why not confess all:

"The White House offered me my choice of the Bermuda embassy or first mate on the next space launch or whatever it was if I quit the Senate race. I said No. I'm not for sale. I'm nobody's man but the people of Pennsylvania's." Gorgeous, right? The only beneficiary of Sestak's current silence is the White House staff. And they never wanted him to be a senator in the first place. Why take the bullet for them?