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Date that has gone badly. what we are worried about are predators. predators within the military who are often visits who will not only target but stalk their victims and wait until they have easy access or can control the situation. we have stories from victims saying that after they are raped, they were then blackmailed and said if you reveal this happened to you, i will kill you. i mean, that is the nature of these crimes. they are violent crimes committed by perpetrators who should not be serving in our military. >> senator gillibrand, the military is lucky to have you fighting for their s...

I am one imperfect man saved by god's grace, the one who has a conviction on the importance of doing something about spending in washington, d.c. >> in the spotlight tonight, scandal versus policy. that was mark sanford after voters in south carolina's first drkt district made him the latest candidate to complete a political comeback after scandal. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. i developed a relationship with a -- started as a dear, dear friend from argentina. >> the original comeback kid the name he got from this, was, of course, bill clinton. >> who is jennifer flowers? you know her.

From the damage i have caused. >> joining me now, msnbc's crystal ball and eugene robinson. crystal, i think one of the good things about this election in south carolina is that it turned out it was about the issues. the voters didn't see the issues the way i see the issues. but they obviously voted on policy instead of on scandal. >> i would say they voted on partisanship instead of scan tal. i think the underlying point is right. the american people are actually incredibly forgiving. they want to forgive. and sanford seemed like he was contrite, lots of people have affairs, lots of people ha...

Question, can a divorced candidate be able to win. and now we know, obviously, yes. >> and i think there's a limit too. i don't think john edwards could make a comeback, for example. >> yeah. there's -- >> that's true of the. >> there's a level of horror, i guess. >> there are lines. yes. >> it's why i'm kind of carefully using the word "scandal" because as gene points out, i don't mean the word crime. i don't think crime is survivable. but, yeah, crystal, you're showing there is a level of scandal that is just too hard to even look at. and that would be the john edwards version. >> that would...

Allegations of a brief affair were enough to ruin gary hart in 1988. four years later, bill clinton survives a much worse level of scan tal. we've seen david vitter in louisiana survive touches of scandal. what is this election of mark sanford telling us about voters' attachment to scandal when it comes to the ballot box? >> you know, lawrence, i think that was -- you were right to do that sort of historical review. because i think historians may look back and say there was preclinton and post clinton. and that the comeback kid was the sort of water shed moment for -- a change in acceptance of...