Does 'love factor' make SC gov more sympathetic?

From the Washington Post: If you're a governor who's in the doghouse for marital infidelity, is it better to have loved and lost or never to have loved at all?

Granted, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford may be too busy to wonder, given that he's trying to simultaneously save his job, his political future and, apparently, his marriage.

But to some, one of the most fascinating aspects of our nation's latest ritual public apology from a straying politician is that Sanford, unlike many straying politicians before him, seems to really be in love with the object of the straying.