Anyone who's opened an article about Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) in the past two years has read the same thing in the opening paragraph: DesJarlais, a physician and outspoken opponent of reproductive rights, is a serial philanderer who has slept with some of his patients, and pressured one of them to get an abortion, on top of the two occasions on which he pressured his ex-wife to do the same. DesJarlais, having nevertheless prevailed in 2012 over Democratic opponent Eric Stewart, now faces a Republican opponent in Thursday's 4th District primary in the person of Tennessee state Sen. Jim Tracy. And if you're reading stories on the race now, you'll likely hear about how, despite DesJarlais' eminently exploitable faults, he stands a very good chance of skating by once again. more . . .