here is abc's lindsey davis. >> reporter: anthony weiner was back on message today.lk on the street, don't want to talk about my past, want to talk about their future. >> reporter: out of sight, out of mind when it comes to the forbearance and forgiveness. >> these things are behind me now. >> reporter: the man could be described as a serial sexter isn't getting the attention huma abedin is as she played out the notion of stand your man yesterday. >> i am very nervous. >> reporter: her decision to speak publicly, perhaps the only shot at saving her husband's against the odds come back. >> it took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where i could forgive anthony, but i made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage. that was a decision i made for me, for our son, and for our family. >> reporter: her defense of her husband inadvertently made her a lightning rod for criticism many thought would be reserved for weiner. >> he needs to see judge judy. >> reporter: the attitude to describe her is private, she was a success as hillary cli

for "nightline," i'm lindsey davis in new york. >> wow. brings us to the facebook responses now.ere anthony weiner's wife what would you do? >> we have to note nearly all of the hundreds of responses we received were against anthony wiener, and lots of them are not airable. a sample of those that are. diane says, fool me once. shame on you.o >> carol says, i noticed in her speech she says she loves him, he was forgiven and would stand by him, but she didn't say she >> julia is taking a dramatic she s ctfing no more sexting. that's one way to get that done. >> yeah. amanda says, take away the phone. sheesh. this man has zero self-control. >> maurice, stick with him. like she is doing. of course that's what a man would say. >> that is, yeah, i agree with hd 3 >>> after this week's jaw-dropping news from anthony wiener about another sexting scandal, we decided to take a trip back in time this throwback thursday to look at some other political sex scandals. >> in our quest to educate as well as titillate, the interesting and infamous. >> we have to begin with the grandaddy of all mod