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"Nevada Senator John Ensign (R) resigned yesterday; he was being investigated by an ethics panel because of an affair he had with the wife of one of his aides. Officially, at issue for the senate ethics investigation was whether Ensign had broken any rules while sleeping with the wife of someone who worked for him. The investigation has been going on since 2009, and Ensign had had enough. &amp;amp;#8220;While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate,&amp;amp;#8221; the senator said, &amp;amp;#8220;and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings. For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great.&amp;amp;#8221; While anyone who breaks the rules of the Senate should be held accountable&amp;amp;#8212; the larger question for me is whether we want to hold our politicians (I say &amp;amp;#8220;our&amp;amp;#8221; in the loosest sense here&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;m Canadian) to a higher standard when it comes to things like infidelity. After all, it can be estimated that 45-55 percent of married women and 50-60 percent of married men engage in extramarital sex at some time or another during their marriage, according to the Journal of Couple &amp;amp; Relationship Therapy. A good sex scandal is certainly fascinating, but no matter what you think of the politics of someone like Ensign, Bill Clinton or Newt Gingrich, is it really helpful to us to go all bananas when we find out that the people who represent us are not above this statistic? Do you think politicians should have to play by different rules, or face different consequences than the rest of us when it comes to thing like extramarital affairs? Have a question about Dating, Relationships, or Sex for Single John? Submit it here. Can be totally Anonymous! More on Relationships at Glamour.com Musician Jordan Galland Shares His Favorite Hooking Up and Breaking Up Tunes. Plus His New Video Featuring Nigel Barker! Ask a Guy: &amp;quot;My Ex Keeps Texting Me&amp;amp;#8212;Should I Respond?&amp;quot; Ask a Guy: &amp;quot;I Demanded My Boyfriend Stop Seeing His Ex and We Broke Up&amp;amp;#8212;Did I Make a Mistake?&amp;quot; More Ways to Get Glamour Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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