Congressman Massa's resignation - why?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by cacophony

i guarantee he resigned because of the ethics issue. i wouldn't be surprised to learn later that someone blackmailed him and threatened to make his ethics violations public unless he stepped down. and then the story got out anyway, either intentionally or accidentally. he might have been grappling with this decision for weeks, knowing this information was sitting out there ticking like a time bomb.

I wouldn't be surprised at all. But I certainly don't buy that he was "forced out". Not with the timeline of how things unfolded, and his complete inability to provide a single example of it happening.