COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was in Argentina during a dayslong unexplained absence, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff told the public when state leaders raised questions about his whereabouts, the governor told a newspaper.... By JIM DAVENPORT Read the full story.
If Mark Sanford had cheated on his taxes instead of his wife, he would have been a cabinet member by now.