Yeas & Nays has obtained excerpts of Matt Lauer’s interview of Sen. Larry Craig, and his wife, Suzanne, which will be broadcast on NBC Tuesday at 8 p.m.
When asked if Craig regrets his decision not to tell anyone about the July 11 incident in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Craig tells Lauer:
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“It was a tough call, Matt, a very tough call….I was very, very embarrassed about it. I wrestled with it. I didn’t want to embarrass my wife, my kids, Idaho and my friends. And I wrestled with it a long while. I sought no counsel. I made a very big mistake. I should have told my wife. I should have told my kids. And most importantly, I should have told counsel.”
Craig’s wife, Suzanne, also describes her reaction upon hearing the news. “When Larry told me that the story was going to break and he hadn’t told me about it before that, I felt like the floor was falling out from under me. It happened right here in this room. And I felt like almost like I was going down a drain for a few moments.”
Craig also takes to task Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the interview. Craig was one of two Senate liaisons for Romney’s campaign before Craig removed himself from that position when news of his arrest broke. Romney later said of Craig, “He’s disappointed the American people.”
Craig tells Lauer: “I was very proud of my association with Mitt Romney. I’d worked hard for him here in the state. I was a co-chair of his campaign on Capitol Hill. And he not only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again.”
(Photo: NBC)
