Wouldn't it be something if an uber-conservative like Larry Craig is remembered as the unabashedly straight guy who legitimized bathroom same-sex solicitation between consenting adults? Now that the American Civil Liberties Union has arrived on the scene on his behalf that's a possibility. The ACLU and Craig, of course, would have little use for each other in any other setting. But these are desperate times for Idaho's senior U.S. senator. He'll take any help from anyone from anywhere he can get it. So what if he's a hypocrite in accepting the ACLU's help? He's been called worse over the last six months. The ACLU, on the other hand, now has another poster child to use as an example of how it will defend anyone any time, regardless of whether that's true of not. Along this line, it got a bit of mileage from defending neo-Nazis right to parade back when. As far as the rest of us go, we'll have to be more cautious when using public restrooms, if this appeal succeeds and gives a green light to U.S. senators who want to hang out in them.

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