The governor’s office misled the media, the lieutenant governor, and the people of South Carolina. Never in my 32 years as a state senator have I witnessed a governor and his staff act in a more dishonest, secretive, and bizarre manner. There is something very wrong here and serious questions need to be asked about the governor’s six-day disappearance.
— South Carolina State Senator John C. Land III, the Senate Democratic leader, hours before Republican Governor Mark Sanford admitted on live television to having an affair with a woman in Argentina.