Held Prisoner in Hampton Roads

Hoist with his own petard . . .

. . . or hypocrites in high places. New York's erstwhile John Profumo, Eliot Spitzer, has been named in a federal prostition investigation. What makes this so ironic is Spitzer's relentless prosecution and relentless pursuit of those offenders participating in the very "activity" he so fervently embraced on the side.

Seems Spitzer was dipping his wick in the same swamp he was trying to drain.

For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard . . .

- Shakespeare: Hamlet, act III, scene 4

The quote usually stops at the semicolon, but I just could not cut the last phrase. I just couldn't.