One of my favorite sayings is "Never put anything in an email that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading aloud in court." Here's someone who should have heeded that advice.

Assemblyman Willis Stephens [a New York State Republican] says he thought he was sending the e-mail to an aide. Instead, he sent the note to nearly 300 people on an online discussion group that focuses on the community of Brewster.

The message included the comment that he was "just watching the idiots pontificate."