The real lessons of l'affaire Petraeus - Foreign Policy

For what it's worth, I couldn't care less about the private lives of public figures, although I suppose I would worry some if I thought they were spending hours canoodling when they were supposed to be winning a war or conducting the public's business. But in general, I think Americans hold public figures far too accountable for their sex lives, and insufficiently accountable for their actual performance while in office. - The real lessons of l'affaire Petraeus - Stephen M. Walt