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Profiles of four women who stood by their men

By Marlene Naanes | mnaanes@am-ny.com

March 12, 2008

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer holds a news conference in New York City with his wife Silda by his side on March 10 2008 after it was announced that he has been involved in a prostitution ring. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP/Getty Images / March 10, 2008)

Wendy Baldwin Vitter, wife of U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), told reporters at a July 2007 news conference that she was proud to be the socially conservative senator's wife. This, as Vitter offered an apology after he was publicly linked to a Washington D.C. escort service.

Suzanne Craig, wife of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), stood by her husband as he held a news conference in August 2007 after being accused of lewd conduct in a men's bathroom. In a later televised interview, she sat next to her husband and said she felt he was faithful to her.

Dina Matos McGreevey, wife of former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, stood demurely beside her husband in 2004 when he told reporters he was gay and had been unfaithful to her. The couple separated that year and remains in bitter divorce proceedings.

Hillary Clinton stood by her husband, former President Bill Clinton during the Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky sex scandals.