As political sex scandals go, the Eliot Spitzer thing is practically wholesome. No sleazy bathroom stalls, no under-age pages, no lobbyists, not even a dubious denial or playing of the Jesus card. Just the by-now-routine press conference with his wife wearing the usual clenched-jaw “standing by my man as long as the friggin’ cameras are here” expression on her face. Only the sharp whiff of hypocrisy keeps it from being boring.

Top five fun facts about the Spitzer scandal:

5. For days he wrestled with his decision to resign – and wrestling usually costs him $4,000 an hour.

4. Why did his hooker cost so much? Half for her services and half for the gas to get to his office.

3. Why’s his wife standing by him? Let’s see, sex scandal involving a Democrat . . . in keeping with tradition she’ll run for the senate in 2012 and the White House in 2016.

2. Staffers were wondering why they were always paid in an envelope of cash left on their bedroom dressers.

1. Aides kept hearing him in his office telling someone to move to the left, now a little to the right, now left again – they thought he was talking about *political* positions.