Cindy Gamrat

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says two former lawmakers were charged Friday with felony misconduct in office, after their extramarital affair snowballed into a political scandal when one of them concocted a bizarre cover story about being caught with a male prostitute.

It easy to criticize but we're not always quick to praise. But MLive deserves credit for a brilliant editorial regarding Cindy Gamrat running again for the office she was just expelled from last week.

A Michigan House of Representatives panel has voted to recommend expulsion for Rep. Todd Courser and Rep. Cindy Gamrat, for misconduct and misuse of taxpayers resources, following an extra-marital affair between the two.