California Assemblyman Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), caught on a live mic regaling another member about his sexual adventures with female lobbyists, has resigned. But before you get any ideas, he wants to make it very clear what happened: He wasn't screwing around, he was lying. Take it away, Mike!

I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling and I regret my language and choice of words. The resulting media coverage was proving to be an unneeded distraction to my colleagues and I resigned in the hope that my decision would allow them to return to the business of the state.

Unfortunately for his former colleagues, Duvall's "admission" has been met with disbelief and worse:

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) said the Legislature plans to aggressively investigate Duvall and any conflicts of interest that may have resulted from affairs he boasted about. One member of the legislative ethics panel that will oversee the inquiry said privately that there may be efforts to broaden it to include other lawmakers alleged to have intimate relations with lobbyists.

That's got to sting, no? I mean, it's bad enough to have to sit there while a boorish doofus rambles on in graphic detail about how he's up to his eyeballs in hot lobbyist trim; now everyone's gonna find out about that sloppy hummer you got to change your vote on some dumbass zoning ordinance two sessions ago? It's a wonder anyone goes into public service at all these days.