I couldn’t really give a crap about his political career at this point or whether he even remains in office, but when is enough heart-ache for the wife and kids enough? Now Sanford is talking about other women with which he’s had run-ins and how Maria is his soul-mate.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he “crossed lines” with a handful of women other than his mistress – but never had sex with them.

The governor said he “never crossed the ultimate line” with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed his once-promising political career.

“This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story,” Sanford said. “A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.”

During an emotional interview at his Statehouse office with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he’s trying to fall back in love with his wife.

He really needs to learn how to shut up. As Allah says, we’re not far from learning what positions the two tried during their escapades. Hasn’t he put his family, and especially his wife, through enough grief?

And speaking of his wife, does this indicate that their marriage is doomed? Exactly how you repair a relationship after one partner has admitted that someone else is his soul-mate isn’t clear to me.

Look on the bright side: He appears to have plenty of experience in foreign affairs.