[misterrob]

did you read the posted article?

[org.whodat]

Political insiders in the Senate and in Nevada told POLITICO that Ensign began the affair with the staffer several months after he separated from his wife,

Can you read "spin, cover story", if he had really been separated from his wife a few months back it would have been in the news some where. Not that convenient cover story that just suddenly pops up..