Coburn pledges not to reveal what he just revealed

Tom Coburn clamming up on John Ensign's affair earlier today, claiming doctor/priest privilege:

"I was counseling him as a physician and as an ordained deacon. ... That is privileged communication that I will never reveal to anybody. Not to the Ethics Committee, not to a court of law, not to anybody," Coburn said.

Meanwhile, here's a statement from Tom Coburn's office, released yesterday:

"Dr. Coburn did everything he could to encourage Senator Ensign to end his affair and to persuade Senator Ensign to repair the damage he had caused to his own marriage and the Hampton’s marriage. Had Senator Ensign followed Dr. Coburn’s advice, this episode would have ended, and been made public, long ago."

They simply cannot walk the talk...on anything. At all.

Update (10:56AM) -- Here's more of Coburn "refusing" to discuss what he told Ensign, also from today:

"I was never present when a letter was written, never made any assessment of paying anybody anything. Those are untruths. Those are absolute untruths."

Hey, Sen. Coburn -- saying what you didn't say still falls under the category of discussing what you said.