New York Governor Elliot Spitzer took full responsibility for the more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and announced he would resign.
Spitzer barely held back tears as he told reporters, "By lying about weapons of mass destruction that don't exist, I have violated any sense of right or wrong."
The man elected by a 69% landslide in 2006 said no one could, in good conscience, continue to hold office after causing "so many needless deaths and diverting half a trillion dollars of our national treasure."
Spitzer said he would spend the rest of his life making his transgressions up to his family and the voters who placed their trust in him. He added that he also hoped to clear brush as a pennance.
