In The News: Sanford Admits Affair

In this January 2007 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford takes the oath of office for a second term with his wife Jenny and sons, from the left; Marshall III; Landon; Bolton and Blake, during inaugural ceremonies at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Now, Sanford has admitted admitted Wednesday to an affair , and resigned his position as chair of the Republican Governor’s Association following a strange week in which the governor dropped off the grid and could not be located. Story here . (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

Question: I notice in the comments period that some of our left-of-center Hucksters are holding this news up as another example of Republican “family values” hypocrisy. And it is. Yet, I feel that both sides have many examples of moral and ethical failure. At this point, is there any politician left that would shock you if s/he fell from grace?