"October Surprise" continues to thrive in news

The big scandal over Mark Foley continues to get top billing in the media. Whispers are being heard that political operatives held the story back for months until just before the election to create an "October surprise" and throw Republicans off balance during the rest of the election. Will it work? No telling... Yet. (But I expect to see this story played and replayed week after week right up until election day.) Interestingly, the Labor party in England (the equivalent of the Democrats over there) made it legal for adults to sodemize 16 and 17 year old boys in the UK just last year. Wouldn't it be ironic if the Democrats win the election with this scandal so they can make the same thing legal here at home?