My memory of Klein is a little hazy, and lord knows I was not his biggest fan. But if memory serves, Klein admitted he had a problem after the "homeless guy" incident, and whether he did or not, I never heard anything like that about him again. It's possible I'm out to lunch on this, but I don't think Klein was ever out of control the way that Ford very obviously is. If anything Klein seems to have acknowledged his problem and conquered his demons. (Again, happy to be corrected--that is just my vague memory)
I think if Ford had come out and said "I'm an addict, I'm getting help," then he would very possibly have managed the political fallout a lot better. But comparing him to Klein isn't really fair.
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