Elliot Spitzer is right: This is a private matter

The criminal complaint charging members of the now-famous Emperor’s Club prostitution ring does not charge Gov. Spitzer with anything. It doesn’t even name him. (See http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20080310spitzer-complaint.pdf) That means that someone leaked confidential grand jury material to the Times. This happens all the time. But the fact remains that the information was supposed to be private. I don’t think Spitzer is even a hypocrite. Did he ever prosecute clients of prostitutes? This is no different from the Lewinsky mess. I hope, like President Clinton, he fights and doesn’t resign.