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I would say the conundrum probably for those in the media even and for those who practice po politics is, well, we've been drawing the line at a more moralistic way for the last decade or so, so why shouldn't petraeus be held to the same standard? >> well, i'm not actually saying that he shouldn't be held to the same standard but i think a lot of americans don't appreciate the incredible strains we put on these people's personal lives, on their marriages when we send them to multiple combat deployments that are year long. in petraeus' case one that was 18 months long. he had four combat deploy...

And act as if there are no consequences. >> back to the unfolding scandal surrounding two of the country's most accomplished military leaders of their time. drawing sharp scrutiny from capitol hill, on the "today" show the chairman of the homeland security committee peter king is surprised the fbi got involved in the first place. >> this is not the type of case that usually becomes a federal investigation. cyber harassment between two women or any two people, certainly involved a love triangle or whatever it was, should not rise to this level. and i can understand why but the fact is i'm not a...

Extrapolate that over ten years you're well over 50%. >> all right. let's build off james' point here. is there -- this question always comes up when we have politicians who get caught with personal behavior issues and here we are with petraeus. are we making too much of it or is this the new code of conduct that washington expects out of its leaders? >> look, i think you have to have a lot of sympathy for general petraeus who gave a lot to this country, has been an enormously capable public servant. on the other hand, this is such a spectacular scandal that it's sort of hard to see him stayin...

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