Want some *ssy?

No, I'm not writing about my dog. (She understands those words as "Let's go outside.")

It seems that the co-chairman of Senator John McCain's Florida campaign was arrested for soliciting a sex act.

Yes, Florida state Representative Bob Allen is facing charges for solicitation of prostitution - in a Titusville, FL city park that "...he helped build." Ergo, he would know where to look then, right? This statement probably won't be a feature of his legal defense.

According to CNN, he offered an undercover officer $20 for an unspecified act. Now at U.S. prices the most likely "act" was a blowjob and probably copping a feel - the price is a little low for any other services.

This is an area where undocumented Mexican immigrants almost definitely have not put downward pressure on wages, as they tend to be very Catholic.

There's an AP photo of Rep. Allen leaving the Brevard County Jail after his arrest. His heavy five o' clock shadow likely rules out cunnilingus as the unspecified act - you'd think that would raise the price beyond $20.00 because with that sandpaper it'd put her out of commission for an evening. And you can definitely see why he'd be paying for it. Not great to look at, this fellow.

He stated that "This is an ugly and unpleasant situation that has been thrust upon me..." - and to think a few hours before his mental picture had included him doing the thrusting.

The McCain campaign has not commented. They'd issued a press release in March saying, "Allen will serve as a House co-chair for Sen. McCain's campaign." Perhaps its a chair that includes a face to sit on?

In Uruguay prostitution is legal (but medically regulated - they've just not found a practical way to tax it) and this would be a non-scandal because the arrest just never would have happened. Every day I saw the same prostitute as I turned off of the dirt road onto the highway and we would exchange friendly waves. Of course if she was negotiating an important business deal with a (usually) Brazilian truck driver I wouldn't wave.

That twenty bucks would have gone a lot further there.

Maybe his legal defense could be that he was creating a job?