Speaking for about five minutes and taking no questions, Larry Craig resigned around 3:30 today. Craig refused to say exactly why he was resigning.

Idaho congressman Bill Sali asked the press to lay off Craig for a while.

“Senator Craig, Suzanne, their children and grandchildren need, and I suggest are due, a measure of grace, dignity and Idaho-style decency that has been missing in their life recently,” he said.

Mmmm-hmmm—blame the press. Never mind that the disgrace, indignity, and indecency the Craig family has endured come from the fact that the head of the household was cruising for sex in an airport men’s room.

So much for Republicans and personal responsibility……