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Powerful men, brought low by sex

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Sen. Larry Craig and President Bill Clinton were tarred by sex scandals. Here are some other notable episodes since 1990:

2007- In June, the "Canal Street Madam" in New Orleans claimed that Louisiana Senator David Vitter , a Republican, was a client of hers. In July, the client list of the "D.C. Madam" was published, and Vitter's number was among them but he was not charged....

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