What kind of man makes his dying wife defend him for adultery? That said, the world was a better place when we did know about this stuff.
Perhaps the late, great, Dr. Johnson may shed some light on this topic: “He did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.” Seem as if Edwards and Clinton misread their Descartes; it was cogito ergo sum, not copulo ergo sum!