Adultery Opens Opportunity: Thune Moves for Ensign's Leadership Post

Never allow a crisis&or a scandal—to go to waste. Nevada Senator John Ensign admits he cheated on his wife (ah, Republican family values) and resigns his post as leader of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. The same day, South Dakota Senator John Thune makes his move, jawboning colleagues to bump him up to the job.

Hey, if you want to be a leader, you've got to be aggressive....