Why did Whitaker prosecute this openly gay state lawmaker?

From March 2007: Southern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker speaks at a press conference in 2007. (Rodney White/Register file photo)

Editor’s note: This column was originally published Dec. 21, 2007, as “Question lingers: Why was McCoy prosecuted?”

Before the feds’ case against state Sen. Matt McCoy went to the jury last week, the prosecutor made an appeal. Referring to her star witness, she told jurors, “The government is not asking that you take Tom Vasquez home with…