Do you buy it? Can you believe him? Idaho Senator Larry Craig stepped before a microphone today to proclaim, "I'm not gay. I never have been gay." As to what he was really doing that a male police officer took to be an attempt to solicit sex in an airport bathroom, well, the senator didn't get into that.

Minneapolis police didn't hold their own press conference to discuss the charges; the arrest report will have to suffice. But when Craig's best defense is that he has a "wide stance" in the bathroom, I'm sure you'll want to read the rest of it.

This isn't the first time Craig's faced questions about his sexuality. This past spring, the Idaho Statesman investigated the rumors swirling around the senator. Their story dealt with incidents ranging from Craig's frat boy days to a DC train station bathroom several years ago.

Update... the Washington Post now reports Sen. Craig was on his way back to DC to help block a vote of no-confidence in soon-to-be-former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales when he made his stop-over in the Minneapolis airport.

Stay tuned - this story's not going away anytime soon.