If a major Republican figure did something like this, it would be front page news. But let a corrupt Democrat do it, and the media remains pretty quiet.

Under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.

A spokesman issued a 36-word statement saying the mayor was going on indefinite medical leave. That was a week and a half ago. Aides say he is in a hospital, but they won't say where, why or for how long.

The mystery and the gathering scandal over Levy's military record have worried civic leaders in this seaside casino resort, which has a long history of corruption, with four of the last eight mayors busted on graft charges and one-third of last year's nine-member City Council in prison or under house arrest.

Given the charges and the admission from the mayor of the inaccurate information that Levy has been putting out about his military service, I wonder if the Democrats will permit us to call him a "phony soldier".

Interestingly enough, in this story the mayor's party affiliation is as MIA as the Mayor Levy himself. You know that wouldn't happen if he were a Republican, either.

But I do wonder one thing -- is there any chance of making Larry Craig do the same thing?

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