SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gave thought to quitting, retreating from public scrutiny to rebuild his life as the scandal of his extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman came out, he told The Associated Press Sunday.
Close spiritual and political associates urged him to instead fight to restore his constituents' _ and his family's _ trust and finish out the 18 months left in his last term.
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