Sources: Miss. tea party leader Mayfield commits suicide

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73. Of course, each person decides his/her own course of action.

I submit that it is not wise for a person in elected life to consort regularly with someone while still married.

Yes, I realize many persons/voters do not care, and, indeed, the person so acting may be a far better candidate for office than the opponent(s) and therefore, the preferred candidate. (Ex. of public not caring - Mark Sanford, though whether he was the better candidate, I cannot say).

My friend's spouse had and died of Huntington's disease; one adult child has also died of the same disease, and three more are afflicted, and I am aware that psychological impairments are also a part of it, as one of the adult children was convicted and is serving a jail sentence for sexually abusing a young child; apparently, one can lose the inhibitions one has been taught regarding that phase of morality with the illness, among other problems.

During that person's long illness, the spouse commented to me on those who divorce during that time, many for monetary reasons. For that person, divorce would not be considered.

Bottom line, Sen. Cochran's liason with his staffer does diminish him somewhat in my eyes. He is likely still preferable to his Tea Party rival, McDaniels, but, hopefully, Travis Childers, the Democratic Senatorial candidate, will prevail on the issues.