''I've been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with a -- what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina. Um, it began innocently, as I suspect many of these things do.

South Carolina's Republican Governor Mark Sanford, yet another "family values" social conservative who has had to come out publicly as having an affair outside of his marriage. Sanford mysteriously dropped out of sight for a week, and the official falsehood from his spokespeople was that he was hiking the Appalachian trail. But, unsurprising to most, it turns out that he was actually visiting a mistress in Argentina. He has stated that, as a matter of legal policy, gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry; and while he was a Member of the House of Representatives, he voted against the right of same-sex couples and unmarried people in Washington, DC to have the ability to adopt children. (AP via YouTube)