Deborah Palfrey, the "D.C. madam", has released her entire phone list and Sen. David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana, is on it. But he didn't waste time getting out in front:

"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible," Vitter said Monday in a printed statement. "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there -- with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way."

Vitter's spokesman, Joel Digrado, confirmed the statement Monday evening in an e-mail to The Associated Press after a statement purported to be from Vitter was received by to the AP bureau in New Orleans.

It said his telephone number was on old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates before he ran for the Senate.

I know what you're thinking. Vitter isn't up for re-election until 2010 so this came out at a really nice time politically for him. And doesn't really change things for 2008 in Lousiana. The Democratic senator, Mary Landrieu, is still up for election in 2008 and she's still in trouble, although the GOP hasn't lined up an establishment challenger yet.

It's that moral leadership thing again.

The head of the Agency for International Development, Randall Tobias (equivalent rank to deputy secretary of state), abruptly resigned on Friday after his name surfaced in an investigation of a suspected Washington prostitution ring. He submitted his resignation a day after he was interviewed by ABC News for an upcoming program about the alleged call-girl service.

The so-called D.C. Madam, Deborah Palfrey, has pleaded not guilty to operating a call-girl service in Washington and has threatened to sell her client list to raise money for her defense. She claims to have 46 pounds of phone records involving clients. A federal judge had ordered her not to release the records, but, OOPS, she had already given them to ABC before the order took effect.

Mr. Tobias is actually the second name that has surfaced thus far in this scandal. She had previously identified an adviser to the Pentagon as one of the regular customers of her service, known for his "shock and awe" combat theories.

Mr. Tobias has confirmed that he was a customer of an escort service. On her Web site, Ms. Palfrey asserted that her service functioned as a "high-end adult fantasy firm which offered legal sexual and erotic services across the spectrum of adult sexual behavior." Mr. Tobias reportedly told ABC that he used the service for massages, not sex. Right. Tell it to your wife (and good luck with that).

Mr. Tobias is a (married) 65-year-old former chair and chief executive of Eli Lilly & Company (pharmaceutical) and of AT & T International. He served as chair of the Board of Duke University from 1997 to 2000. He was also a major donor to various Republican campaigns.