It's amazing what a good nine hours of sleep will do for a person. I felt so good when I woke up this morning that I even decided to forego my usual pot of coffee. That's unusual for me, although I did decide to turn on Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning, only to want to turn it right back off again.

Why?

Because I really don't care if New York Governor Elliott Spitzer was using a high-priced prostitute. His wife should care, his children should care, but the Feds and the press really shouldn't care.

A lot of people probably won't agree with me on this one, but the rights of sex workers (and their patrons) are very much an issue of social justice. I think prostitution should be legalized, but perhaps regulated because of the public health risks, and that other than preventing the spread of disease, the government needs to get out of legislating the sexual morals of consenting adults.

This deal with Elliott Spitzer is just another reason why I think it's asinine. First of all, I'm not entirely certain why the federal government is involved in the investigation of a prostitution ring, unless there are corruption charges in there somewhere. But to run a person out of office, as is likely to happen with New York's governor, because he visited a prostitute is absolutely ridiculous.

Yes, you could say he broke the law, but as I said, what he did should not be against the law. Now his wife may have the right to give him a swift kick in the nuts, but prosecutors should lay off, and the courts should begin to find reasons why outlawing prostitution is unconstitutional.