As noted earlier, it seems like one of the reasons Sen. Ensign's former mistress's husband (Doug Hampton) tried to shake him down for cash (at least that's what Ensign claims he did) was that the couple got in over their heads because of the mortgage crisis and the collapse of the Las Vegas real estate market.

That's not too surprising when you see the swank manse that seemed to have them up to their gills in debt.

Here's a special TPM Slideshow of Chez Hampton, the house that may have brough Sen. Ensign's career to a screeching halt.