full disclosure--i was friendly with mark and jenny sanford.irst met them more than 20 years ago when i was covering the south carolina primary. my now-wife and i watched the super bowl at the governor's mansion in 2004. mark going awol, reading poetry and the bible while on a weeklong solo hike-- that, frankly, seemed totally believable. so when folks began speculating about seedy possibilities, i wrongly wrote it off as the worst kind of sensationalist journalism, and when it was proven true, i felt dumb. i felt duped for naively believing that i ever knew mark sanford the person, when i really only knew mark sanford the politician. and i wasn't the only one. right there with me, caught between image and reality was sanford's closest aide-- his former chief of staff, scott english. thank you so much for sitting down with us. you worked for mark sanford from '96 to 2015? -is that-- -yes. you know, i had my impression of him, which was that he was a nice, affable guy. uh, he issued a proclamation for our wedding, which i do not have hanging up