Only in Washington DC would an escort service set itself up with plausible deniability in mind. Seems that the clients would agree to pay $275 per hour for an escort, with the clear understanding that anything sexual was between two consenting adults and outside the monetary agreement. With Palfrey busted, she is holding to that line as her defense.

Net result: clients like Tobias can say "no sex" and they are backed up by the "DC Madam" and her staff, because that's their defense strategy.

Ironically, now Tobias and his soon to be outed cohorts will be called to testify as witnesses for the defense.

Plausible deniability? Yeah, baby.

Here in Indiana, where the Tobias family recently roamed as quasi royalty, their demise is not entirely an unhappy event. Randall's role as the Bush administration's "abstinence czar" has to be one of of the most hypocritical performances of late, which is saying something given the massive hypocrisy of the Bush reign as a whole.

Those familiar with Mr. Tobias will recall that he disliked formalities. When introduced, he'd always say "Call me Randy".

Now we know what he really meant.