I didn't think it was possible but William F. Buckley Jr. actually makes me feel sorry for Bill Bennett.
I think Buckley is wrong, by the way, about Bennett's public career being through. If all those guys caught lying and covering-up in the first Bush administration can come back in this one, Bennett can come back. He can certainly get more books published and purchased.
I also think Buckley and all the pundits are wrong to even talk about which invasions of privacy are off-limits in politics. Nothing is, these days. It's nice to say that some areas should not be subjected to public scrutiny but that's no longer how it works in the real world. In the age of Drudge and various anti-Drudges, if you have dirt on a political opponent, you make sure it gets out. You may throw it yourself or you may arrange for it to be leaked in a manner that will keep your hands clean. But there is no such thing in politics as someone saying, "Yes, I know this information will wound my opponent but out of respect for his right to privacy, I'm going to withhold it." It should happen but it just doesn't.