The conclusion of the article appears to be relevant to the discussion:
“A McConnell spokesman defended the senator’s record on coal and pointed to the fact that Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the grant before Chao joined the board.
“The decisions to make those grants by Bloomberg Philanthropies were made before she joined the board and she played no role in the decision to grant them,” Stewart told Yahoo News. “Sen. McConnell has a longstanding, principled record of defending coal families and jobs. Decisions made by a board before Sec. Chao ever joined do not change that and as the Obama administration will tell you, he hasn’t let up an iota in his defense of Kentucky coal families and jobs.””
My wife served on the local Girl Scouts board. I’m sure that, prior to her service on the board, the local Girl Scouts board made some terrible decisions involving support for groups that themselves supported abortion, but not only did my wife not participate in any way in such decisions (which came prior to her service), and never voted for anything untoward (particularly involving abortion, as she is 100% pro-life), but it would be risible to claim that her affiliation with the Girl Scouts would have any bearing on my position on abortion or on how I would vote regarding life issues were I to hold public office.
The Girl Scouts have made it plainly clear in discoverable ways that it stands for the tearing apart of human babies if they’re still in the womb (and possibly beyond).
Thus, the mere fact that your wife joined the GS in any capacity only serves to discredit your wife’s ability to discern who she should affiliate herself with.