McGreevy has been in trouble for corruption of one sort or another since he was elected to the governor's office in NJ. He is damaged goods, can't be re-elected (too much baggage regardless of his peccadilloes/sexual preference) so he resigned. The interesting thing is that he resigned effective Nov 15th, which under NJ Law leaves the governor's office to the speaker of the house, a fellow democrat, rather than resigning immediately and letting the people decide who is going to run the state. This gives the speaker of the house a leg up in the next election, as he can run as an incumbent, with all of the advantages that gives a candidate. His extracirricular activities in the bedroom really have little to nothing to do with his resignation. He was sunk politically before this, the lawsuit by the person he had an affair with just brought the matter to a head earlier than otherwise would have been the case.