In many political sex-exposé stories, or follow-up reports on the same, there is often what I think of as the “Why you don’t have to feel guilty about caring about this story” paragraph. This paragraph generally lays out the pol’s public positions and history, which, either directly or by some stretch of logic, make his or her actions hypocritical—and thus, implicitly, worthy of public scrutiny as such, and not just because it is just really, really awesome to read stories about politicians getting caught with their pants down. Or in the case of Rep. Christopher Lee, shirts off.

Gawker’s remarkable story that broke news of the married GOP representative’s alleged exploits on Craiglist—and got him to resign within a day—is a juicy read and a big get in itself. But it also includes something I would not necessarily expect to read in a Gawker story: a “Why you don’t have to feel guilty…” paragraph.