Eliot Spitzer's resignation speech was, as expected, was short and revealed very little. In the two minutes and 40 seconds he spoke, he apologized for "private failings" without elaboration. "The remorse I feel will always be with me," said Spitzer, with wife Silda Wall Spitzer by his side once again. "From those to whom much is given, much is expected ... I did not live up to what was expected of me." He also pledged to "try once again outside of politics to serve the common good."
Spitzer couldn't really elaborate much more than that, since anything he says would likely be used against him when/if there are criminal charges. But this marks an unceremonious end to what could have been a promising political career.
--Kate Sheppard
