Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) got caught fucking hookers. He resigned. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) got caught fucking hookers. He did not resign. Recently, when asked about his status now that Spitzer had resigned, Vitter said that he did not do the same thing as Spitzer despite having done the same thing as Spitzer. Or something.

You’ll recall that Vitter is the guy who regularly stood on the Senate floor blathering about how marriage was the most important institution ever ever ever (video). Of course, said Vitter, teh gayz should not have the benefit of being able to marry.

Schadenfreude after the jump.

Vitter has clung to power by stonewalling regarding all the hooker stories. But that’s all going to come to an end:

On the eve of the D.C. Madam trial, lawyers are scrambling to keep their clients off the witness list.

In a hearing in federal court this afternoon, Henry Asbill of Dewey & LeBoeuf moved to quash a subpoena issued to his client by Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s lawyer, Preston Burton of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. U.S. District James Robertson denied the request.

The name of Asbill’s client was not mentioned in the hearing, but Asbill has represented Sen. David Vitter in the case since July. Vitter hired Asbill after his name turned up in phone records Palfrey kept of her escort service, Pamela Martin & Associates. The Louisiana Republican apologized for committing “a very serious sin.”

Asbill’s client is on stand-by to testify in the case, he said.

This should be fun. Pass the popcorn.