How much embarassment and money has this cost him?   Not to mention his time and sleep?  Government sends out a message to all who oppose the omnipotent state though doesn't it, with impunity?

Hey prosecutors nation wide, just remember. Spitzer got thrown under a bus.

Actually Oyote, Elliot Spitzer, who prosecuted many for consentual sex crimes in publicity sought show trials and in the court of public appearance, had the madam who supplied his appetites put away for five months in prison.  He currently guest lectures a Harvard University Law School . . . on ethics (source: The Agitator).   America---what a country.