Eliot Spitzer Was Caught by Well-Meaning Investigators

N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer's rapid fall from grace has more than a little irony to it.

Now, he wouldn't belong here on Jam Side Down except for the chain of events that led to his resignation. I am not going to say that Spitzer was standing by minding his own business, not exactly.

However, his involvement with a prostitute seems to have come to light because his bank account was monitored... for his own good? For the good of the people of New York?

Some news reports I heard said that large cash withdrawals from his bank account drew the attention of someone who thought they had better make sure the Gov. wasn't being blackmailed. It sounds like that someone wanted to protect him. Yet, the result has been politically decapitation. (Yes, others might choose a different anatomical metaphor).

Beware the unintended consequences of our actions, I suppose.