Massa, Facing Harassment Complaint, Resigns

New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with “a profound sense of failure.”
“I am guilty,” Massa said in an interview with a Corning, N.Y., newspaper columnist.
Later in the day, Massa released a statement saying that after discovering he had a recurrence of cancer, he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male staffer who felt “uncomfortable” during an exchange with

Read more: (Laurie Kellman, “Massa, Facing Harassment Complaint, Resigns,” Associated Press, 03/06/10)