Again, Sanford was informed that a South Carolina paper was set to publish details they'd uncovered about the affair, including those hilarious emails, prior to his press conference, but looking back at other politicians who acted defiantly after being caught equally red-handed doing things they shouldn't have been doing, Sanford's emotional mea culpa was, well, kind of refreshing. When watching the entire thing, it was hard not to feel some twinge of sympathy for him, no? Especially when you look back at the four guys in this clip for a reminder of the absolute worst way for politicians to handle getting caught doing things they shouldn't have been doing.

Rudy was diagnosed with prostate cancer seven-and-a-half years ago. Not really sure if he just didn't remember that? We're kinda surprised he didn't say "I had cancer nine, eleven years ago."

The statistics, obviously, are both totally made-up, but you probably guessed that. And if you are even halfway paying attention to anything you might've noticed or remembered that his seven-and-a-half-year-old diagnosis happened when he was still Mayor of New York.

The Mayor is, like all city employees, part of the New York City Health Benefits Program. So his fancy cancer treatment was underwritten by hard-working joes like you and me! Here we are, struggling to make a buck, and the government wants to steal our paycheck so Mr. Fancy-pants Communist over there can keep riding around on his tiny pony purposefully getting more cancer all the time so Uncle Sam cuts him another check. Disgusting!

Rudy's Bogus Healthcare Stats [Salon]