Rogers originally outed Craig, no stranger to scandal in his past, in October 2006. A Roll Call article, followed by a rundown by the Idaho Statesman, in August of this year hurled the Senator into the spotlight as news spread of his guilty plea, signed and returned, stemming from a suspected sex solicitation incident that took place on June 11, 2007, in a men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Craig's recent attempt to reverse his guilty plea, which he lodged by mail after waiving legal counsel, failed. Though Craig originally planned to resign by September 30 if his guilty plea could not be reversed, he rescinded his resignation, to retire after his current term.

Craig, recently inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame despite his recent publicity, feels as though he is a victim of what he calls "gladiator politics," though Mike Rogers' stance is more along the lines of poetic justice, the culmination of a long, scandal-ridden career rife with support of anti-gay laws and policies, including Don't Ask, Don't Tell while serving as ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and cognitive dissonance when it comes to the "gay lifestyle."

The interview can be viewed below, as broadcast on MSNBC's Hardball on October 17, 2007.