John Edwards admitted he had an extra-marital affair. Are politicians more prone to such failings?

So another politician cheats on his wife. Not very original. Mr. Edwards could at least have claimed Ms. Hunter was secretly an alien who seduced him with her home planet’s atmospheric spices. Though to be fair, it hasn’t been conclusively proven that she’s not an alien. — takei

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