Opening up to the world about his personal journey toward redemption, as he did in the op-ed, is alarmingly egocentric and wildly inappropriate. Sanford is a father and a husband (at least for now) who should realize he’s put his family through enough public scrutiny already. But instead of retreating from public life to work on his marriage privately, he writes of the personal victories he’s had through the process. “I’ve been humbled and broken as never before in my life, and as a consequence, have given up areas of control in a way that I never have before. And it is my belief that this will make me a better father, husband, friend and advocate.”

Well, that’s super, Gov. Sanford. But shouldn’t that sentence start, “Dear Diary”?

What kind of terminal myopia actually leads a smart and successful man to think that South Carolina voters care about his personal growth? “Sharing our feelings” is something we do in Montessori school or in therapy. Does Sanford see America as his own psychiatrist’s couch?