Should We Care What Spitzer Says?

Eliot Spitzer’s political rehab is in full throttle, as the disgraced former governor and crusading attorney general from New York says he told us so,commenting on the financial crisis in various online and print opinion pieces. The question is, should we care about what he has to say? I think we should.

There are those whocontend that Mr. Spitzer forfeited his right to play any role in public policy when he got caught with his pants down in a prostitution scandal that drove him from office last year.

I wouldbeg to differ. For one, it’s a free country, and everyone has a right to offer their opinion–especially if they know what they are talking about. After all, even the disgraced Richard Nixon was able to make a living and deliver useful commentary on geopolitics after Watergate forced him to resign the presidency.