I’m with Jonah, Ramesh, and others. My points last week were that I didn’t think the fact that the guy had an affair, by itself, was a reason for him to have to resign, and that what I took to be the ethical standard suggested by Chuck Colson — namely, that someone shown to have failed in his private life would necessarily abuse his public duties and therefore shouldn’t be permitted to hold public office — was unreasonable and unwise. Maybe I was wrong (I don’t think so, but it sure seems like a dumb thing to have said at the moment). But in any event, we’ve traveled a good distance since then. Apparently his trip to Argentina was on the public dime, and his idea of public office as a side-issue to his personal journey for growth and redemption is nauseating. He ought to resign voluntarily, go away for a while, and get back to us if/when the journey is done.