The former Navy pilot who urged Rep. Mark Foley to come out of the closet 10 years ago, said this week the disgraced Florida congressman is getting what he deserved.

Tracy Thorne, the lieutenant who notably challenged the military’s ban of homosexuals in 1992 by outing himself on ABC News’ “Nightline,” said he and Foley got into a heated fight in 1996 when the congressman voted to ban homosexuals from becoming legally married. Thorne, an attorney now in Richmond, has not talked to Foley since, but blames Foley’s closeted life for his troubles.