Barney Frank On Aaron Schock's Resignation: "He Was Outed Or What?"

Former Congressman Barney Frank

Upon learning the news of GOP Congressman Aaron Schock's resignation, former Massachusetts Democratic congressman Barney Frank at first assumed the issue had been Schock's sexuality:

"He was outed or what?" Frank said when Business Insider asked for his thoughts on the sudden resignation by the 33 year old congressman from Illinois.

Frank was one of the first openly gay congressmen, having come out in 1987. He is currently promoting his recent memoir "Frank: A Life In Politics From The Great Society To Same-Sex Marriage."

The former congressman from Massachusetts did have this to offer regarding young Schock:

"I will say this, I don't know if he's gay or not. But if he is, he's forfeited any right to privacy because he votes anti-gay," Frank said of Schock. "My view is that people who are gay who vote to support the right of other people to do it have a right to privacy, but the right to privacy does not include hypocrisy."

Schock had a severely anti-gay voting record while in office having voted against the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the repeal of DOMA and many other pieces of LGBT legislation.