. . . doesn’t Mark Sanford miss something when he tries to ride on her resignation coattails? Sarah Palin didn’t disappear mysteriously on her state, on the taxpayers’ dime, while cheating on her spouse and lying to seemingly everyone about it all. Alaskans can argue that running for veep was abandonment, but they always knew where she was. Heck, we all knew where she was. And where her kids were. And where her daughter’s boyfriend was.

With calls for his resignation getting louder, it’s understandable that Sanford would reach for Palin’s skirt (I already regret writing that). Maybe he is planning to resign and is making early moves to position himself for a post-scandal comeback. (Look at Spitzer considering his senatorial prospects.) But I think Mark Sanford needs to come to peace with the fact that if he wants anything like a second act, he must first show genuine humility.