John Sweeney; the Final GOP Scandal Before the Elections?

Has the GOP handed yet another seat to Democrats on the eve of the
election? Kind of looks that way. New York's 20th is represented by
Rep. John Sweeney and Sweeney has been confronted with the classic
campaign question, "When did you stop beating your wife?"

In
this hypothetical situation, a candidate is asked whether he's stopped
beating his wife. There is no good answer to that question; no matter
what you say, you'll wind up with headlines like, "Candidate Refuses to
Answer Wife Beating Charge" or "Candidate Denies Beating Wife." There
are a lot of scenarios where this question is handled well -- Sweeney's
response isn't one of them...