His Inner Kerry

Shelly at Boston Herald calls it his “inner Letterman” as John Kerry wishes Palin missing instead of Sanford, but the botched-joke record suggests it’s his inner Kerry. W ASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner Letterman yesterday. The Bay State senator was telling a group of business and civic leaders in town at his invitation about the “bizarre’’ tale of how South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had “disappeared for four days’’ and claimed to be hiking along th

Sanford admits affair after going AWOL

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tries to compose himself as he admits to having an affair during a news conference Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. He also announce that he is resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized