I Admit It

No matter how many clever and complex rationalizations I hear to justify the extensive coverage, I still don’t understand why I should care at all about Mark Sanford’s sex life, and I still don’t understand how stuff like his private emails to someone who shouldn’t be called his “mistress” can be considered political news. (And, yes, yes, I understand the meta-tautology that whether or not it should matter it does so it was irresponsible for, say, John Edwards to conceal an affair while running for president. But it still doesn’t answer the crucial first question.)