Jenny Sanford

"As her husband's affair with an Argentine woman exploded onto the global stage and publicly humiliated her family, Jenny Sanford, 46, and their four sons sought refuge here at their large beachfront cottage on this lush island enclave outside Charleston. . . . But it has also been the first lady's war room, where she has given her wayward husband a public thrashing. In the process, she seems to have drawn a new path for the aggrieved spouse of a philandering politician, an episode that has become something of a ritual in American politics."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/28/AR2009062802436.html?hpid=topnews

It is refreshing to see a political wife put her self respect above shared political ambition.