GOP Sen. Larry Craig tells reporters 'I am not gay'

"First let me please apologize to my family, friends and staff and fellow Idahoans for the cloud placed over Idaho," he says. "I did nothing wrong at the Minneapolis airport. I did nothing wrong and regret the decision to plead guilty."

Craig blames the Idaho Statesman, his local paper, for mounting an intensive investigation into reports that the GOP lawmaker was a homosexual who trolled public restrooms for sexual partners. The paper didn't publish anything about Craig's sexual orientation until this morning, after the arrest was reported by Roll Call.

"In June, I overreacted and made a poor decision," he tells reporters. "While I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct at the Minneapolis airport or anywhere else I chose to plead guilty in the hope of making it go away."

Craig says he didn't seek counsel from his family, friends or attorney while deciding how to deal with the arrest. He has asked his attorney to review the matter and advise him on how to proceed.

How did he know about the foot tap then?

Mark Foley (R-FL): Resigned amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at least one underage male former page.

Bob Allen (R-FL): Charged with offering to perform a sex act on an undercover male police officer.

Glenn Murphy (OH-Chairman of the Clark County Republican Party): Charged with performing an unwanted sex act on a man while he slept in a relative's Jeffersonville home.

Ted Haggard (CO-Pastor of New Life Church): Haggard admitted he had received a massage from a Denver man who claimed the prominent pastor had paid him for sex over three years.

Jeff Gannon (White House Correspondent-Gay Hooker): Has a male escort service on the side.

David Vitter (R-LA): Had an affair with the D.C. Madam's hookers while wearing diapers.

Randall Tobias (R-Bush appointed Global AIDS Ambassador): Same as Vitter.