Mar 11, 2008 5:00 am US/Eastern
McGreevey: Spitzer Should Resign For Family
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Silda Spitzer is standing by her man during the governor's sex scandal. However, another political wife who had a similar "stand by your man" moment is calling on the governor to resign.
Dina Matos McGreevey supported her husband, then Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey, when he resigned in a gay sex scandal.
Now locked in a bitter divorce battle, she told CNN that by not resigning immediately, Spitzer is prolonging his family's pain. She sympathized with Silda Spitzer saying, "She's ridiculed and shamed in front of virtually the entire world. She's not only dealing with her own personal pain but trying to protect her daughters from this."
Silda stood with Eliot Spitzer as he apologized to the public, and his family.
"I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and that violates my or any sense of right and wrong," he said.
Married in 1987, the couple has three daughters. They left Monday's news conference holding hands.
Hillary Clinton also famously stood by her man, Bill, during multiple sex scandals. She had no official comment on the Spitzer allegations Monday. Instead, she said, "I think it's appropriate to wish his family well, and we'll wait and see how things develop."
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