re: #128 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, my thoughts on why so many male politicians cheat on their wives.

It’s simple. They can only marry women who are idiotic enough to want to be the wives of politicians.

Stupid gets boring. You’d cheat, too.

Unfortunately Sanford didn’t have much better luck with his GF. Sample steamy email:

Phew. Now old Cato’s all hot and bothered.

I think if you could get accurate data (probably impossible) you would find the politicians cheat less on their spouses than the average public. The reason why is that when a politician gets caught, there are two consequences that ordinary people don’t suffer: career destruction and public humiliation. The costs of a politician getting caught are much higher, and the odds of getting caught are much greater as well.