AP: Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to call it quits

Sen. Larry Craig is calling it quits.

That's the word today from GOP officials speaking on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.

Craig, R-Idaho, will announce at a news conference in Boise Saturday morning that he will resign effective Sept. 30, the officials told The AP.

The announcement follows by just five days the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty Aug. 1 to a reduced misdemeanor charge stemming from his June 11 arrest on suspicion of soliciting sex in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis airport.

To hear an AP audio report detailing what Craig told police investigators, listen to AP Correspondent Ed Donahue's report here.

--Chelsea J. Carter