... Craig said Sunday he would appeal a judge’s refusal to let him withdraw the plea. Throughout the NBC interview with Lauer, Craig maintained his innocence and said he was a victim of profiling when an undercover police officer said Craig tried to solicit sex from him in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport men’s room.  ...

He went on to add:

 ... harsh words for the treatment from his Senate GOP colleagues -- what he refers to as “gladiator politics.”

Craig has the harshest words for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who had tapped Craig as his congressional fundraising co-chairman.

Romney condemned Craig’s behavior and dropped him from the presidential campaign within hours of Roll Call’s scoop about Craig’s arrest. Craig told Lauer that he was “very proud of my association with Mitt Romney.”

“I'd worked hard for him here in the state.” Craig said. “I was a co-chair of his campaign on Capitol Hill. And he not only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again.” ...

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The profiling allegation is quite fascinating:

Allegedly, airport police are now targeting 62 year-old white Idaho ranchers who are married with three kids -- to be the people most likely to solicit anonymous gay sex in an airport restroom.

-- Michael