Sen. Craig May Not Resign After All

BOISE, ID -- The airport sex case involving Republican Idaho Senator Larry Craig took an unexpected turn Tuesday when one of Craig's spokesmen said the Senator may not quit his senate seat after all.

The embattled senator announced Saturday morning that he is resigning from the Senate effective Sept. 30 following his arrest and guilty plea for soliciting sex from a police officer in a public restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June

"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," said Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital.

"We're still preparing as if Sen. Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight — and stay in the Senate."

Smith said a phone call the Senator received last week from from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat, was making Craig reconsider his resignation.

"It was a little more cut and dried a few days ago," Smith said. "There weren't many options. He was basically going to have to step aside. Now, there's a little more to it."