[JennysCool]

Actually, who’s to say there was an affair at all? Perhaps he made up the story, cleared it with the wife, and is using it as a pretext to get out of the Obama cabinet before the SHTF.

[massgopguy]

Petraeus left work at 6:00 while he knew the consulate was under attack to go see a private screening of Argo with Matt Damon!

[dragnet2]

Actually, who’s to say there was an affair at all? Perhaps he made up the story, cleared it with the wife, and is using it as a pretext to get out of the Obama cabinet before the SHTF.

Uh no...They'd never involve a wife like that, as the potential for an ugly "reveal all, spill the beans" divorce are always present.

[Eva]

My guess and it is just a guess, is that they have been holding this over his head for a while and that is the reason that he accepted the CIA post, when he really wanted to resign.

[jstolzen]

Ding! We have a winner.