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Why did Silda Spitzer stand by her man?

She has become a familiar figure, the dutiful politician's wife who stands stoic - or perhaps shell-shocked - beside her husband as he confesses a sexual transgression to the American public.

Recent examples include, Dina McGreevey, Suzanne Craig, Hillary Clinton and, now of course, Silda Wall Spitzer, who stood next to husband Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday as he gave a statement after being...

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