It's against my religion, and probably yours, not to forgive someone, so that's not an issue when it comes to the former New Jersey governor and newly minted autobiographer, who began his - again, pardon the pun - national coming-out yesterday on Oprah's show. I'm over the shock, and you ought to be, too.

Good for him if he is finally coming clean, showing remorse and regreting the sex scandal of August 2004 that cost him his job and marriage. Good for him to devote his working hours to such things as fighting poverty and improving education.

And the hype over "The Confession" and the "confessor" is already exhausting, and exhaustive. For days, we've learned more tawdry details about his secret sex life than we ever thought possible. And we're hearing how that blind love, or lust, clouded his political decisions.

It has all the makings of a Hollywood movie - is Tom Cruise busy? That's the problem with McGreevey's second coming-out - it's become a multimedia event, and we're only on Day 2!

Just look at his early itinerary: "Oprah," "Hannity & Colmes," "The View." We've seen enough of this type of thing that we can already picture in our minds how it will play out on each of those shows. I guess the only unknown was whether he would jump on Oprah's couch.

Unfortunately, that's probably how we'll remember McGreevey - how he sparred with Sean Hannity, how he and Rosie O'Donnell embraced - unless he parlays his latest 15 minutes into some long-lasting leadership.

The military, which you'd think would like all the able bodies it can muster, has decided instead that it needs to wage war not solely in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also against the gay men and lesbians who want to serve their country. According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, more than 1,400 U.S. military personnel were discharged in 2004 and 2005.

So, while so many of us are tuning in to see how McGreevey does this second time out, the more important time will come after the hype. Because that's when he can go about the business of doing what he's always wanted to do - be a leader.

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