Senator quits Romney campaign after news of arrest emerges

(CNN) -- Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, has stepped down from his role in Mitt Romney's presidential campaign after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Roll Call newspaper reported Monday that Craig was apprehended June 11 by a plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd behavior in an airport men's room. Roll Call reports on Congress.

Craig denied any inappropriate conduct in a prepared statement and said he now regrets his guilty plea.

"At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct," he said. "I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously."

CNN confirmed that Craig was sentenced to 10 days in jail but that sentence was suspended.

According to Roll Call, the arresting officer alleged that Craig lingered outside a restroom stall where the officer was sitting, then entered the stall next door and blocked the door with his luggage.

According to the arrest report cited by Roll Call, Craig tapped his right foot, which the officer said he recognized "as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct."

The report alleges Craig then touched the officer's foot with his foot and the senator "proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times," according to Roll Call.

At that point, the officer said he put his police identification down by the floor so Craig could see it and informed the senator that he was under arrest, before any sexual contact took place.

Idaho's senior senator is married with three grown children and nine grandchildren. A former rancher, Craig was first elected to the Senate in 1990 after serving a decade in the House of Representatives. His seat is up for re-election in 2008.

In 1982, Craig denied rumors that he was under investigation as part of a federal probe into allegations that lawmakers on Capitol Hill had sexual relationships with congressional pages, saying the "false allegations" made him "mad as hell."

He was never implicated in that investigation, which led to ethics charges against two other congressmen.

Tu žensku s jubitoa boli đon, ona će u životu uspjet sve da zna samo izustit ''a'' i ''o'', mislim, vidjeli ste kako izgleda...

he pulled a "George Michael" , samo malo čedniju verziju...jebate ovi republikanci svojim postupcima poklanjaju pobjedu demokratima...još kad bi ovi bili iole sposobni, imali bi veliku većinu...

eh, da ima bar tko na toj demokratskoj strani "uzeti" tu pobjedu...ovako, ko da igraju dvije peto-ligaske ekipe koje ne znaju dati gol. uzas ce biti od izbora...

Pa ja uopće ne znam što je sporno
Aj ti nađi Ameriku na karti a nemaš kartu jer su ju oteli Sadam i Mandela.

vidiš Kuba moj kroz ovu zaebanciju si prodro u srž problema...Ameri su polovicu zemljopisnih karata u svojim školama poklonili crnačkim školama u JAR nakon apartheida, a drugu polovicu su donirali iračkim i afganistanskim školama, zajedno s loptama i sad jadna djeca u J. Karolini zbog nedostatka karata ne znaju gdje su doslovce

to s karikaturama je bila namjerna i svjesna uvreda i s pravom su reagirali...samo ne podržavam način na koji su reagirali...
ovo s loptama je stvarno idiotizam i pretjerivanje...hebote ja da sam u takvoj situaciji prihvatio bi loptu makar na njoj ispisali 10 Božjih zapovijedi