At the start of the month, I wrote a column about the feuding in Albany between Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.

Bruno should remember that he had been one of the men presiding over a dysfunctional capitol,  I wrote.

And this: ”(New Yorkers) elected Eliot Spitzer governor knowing the name he had made for himself prosecuting corporate crime. It may be that they wanted the Sheriff of Wall Street.”

I still think that’s true, but Spitzer needs to remember something too: No one should be using the state police to cause political damage to Bruno, as top officials in Spitzer’s administration were found to have done. To go after any political opponent for that matter.

Spitzer has apologized, but here’s the start of an AP story:

“Months of hearings and investigations into the Spitzer administration’s use of the state police to damage the governor’s biggest political foe could threaten to sideline several major policy agreements that only a week ago seemed sure things.
Tax breaks for older New Yorkers, construction projects around the state and campaign finance reform are some of the issues that could get frozen by the scandal that erupted Monday when Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said two top Spitzer aides conspired to smear Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
Already, Senate Republicans are asking for committee investigations that could include subpoenas of high-ranking Spitzer staff.”