I completely agree with you on the moral issue and so forth. It wasn't the right place or the right time to be doing that stuff and he did bring shame to the office. Frankly, he is married with a kid and that's enough in my book.

Having said that, I still don't care about his private life as long as he gets the job done. I know nothing about the privates lives of congress and they may be more wacked out then even the weirdest Taratino movie. What interests me is whether or not they are doing their jobs, and the answer to that is quite obvious.

No the scientist was not an elected Federal official, but he was working in a Federally funded lab using Federal funds.