Eliot Spitzer should've paid attention when they were teaching Greek mythology in school - he might want to look up the terms tragic flaw, Achilles heel, and irony.

Quoted: Spitzer, who rose to prominence as a scourge of Wall Street, uprooting corrupt practices, coming down hard on bad actors, and establishing a new moral order, was laid low by reports that he had been involved in a prostitution ring.

Great Explainer. You know, I'd always wondered about this. Certainly explains a lot about NY/NJ... ha.

Quoted: Organized crime appears to have a hand in trash collection all over the world, from Naples to Tony Soprano's northern New Jersey. Why are gangsters always hauling garbage?