Why, Silda, why?

I do not understand why Silda Spitzer "stood by her man."

I do not understand how a Tammy Wynette song has somehow achieved a quasi-precedential imprint on American political protocol.

I have never understood the concept. Not with Clinton, not with McGreevey, not with Craig.

Perhaps I undervalue the "for better or for worse" clause, but in my mind, unless a public official can stand up at a podium boiling over with righteous, well-founded outrage at wildly improper accusations of sexual misconduct, no devastated spouse should have to stand by as some sort of sullen public prop.

If Governor Spitzer wants to publicly beg for contrition, his wife should not be made to suffer beside him more than she doubtlessly does in private.

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