“I am not gay. I never have been gay.”

—  Larry Craig

Prepared statement August 28, 2007, on the subject of his alleged homosexuality and guilty plea of lewd sexual behavior on June 11 in a men's room in Minneapolis airport known as a gay hookup spot; MSNBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA1KHd5YTIs

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