Zachary Roth December 31, 2009, 4:38 PM

CNN’s Rick Sanchez just grilled Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) about Ensign’s affair with the wife of an aide and his ham-fisted efforts to cover things up.

Ensign came on prepared to keep politicizing the failed terror attacks by using them to attack President Obama. But Sanchez quickly turned the tables by bringing up Ensign’s personal woes, leaving the senator visibly surprised.

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