Newt Gingrich takes third no-adultery pledge

Angel Michael - not running for president

An Iowa social conservative group called The Family Leader asked presidential candidates to sign a "sweeping pledge on marriage and abortion over the summer." At the time, Newt Gingrich declined to sign it. However,

Now, Gingrich has answered the pledge with a lengthy written response, vowing to support a federal marriage amendment, reinstate the Mexico City policy -- and, per the stipulations of The Family Leader pledge, to be faithful to his wife:

I also pledge to uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others.

This is the third such pledge Newt has taken. The first two went like this:

Officiant: Name, will you have Name to be your wife, to live together in holy marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live?

Newt: I will.

Obviously, I do not know Newt's marriage vows exactly, but this excerpt is very mainline. So this is his third no adultery vow, the first two having been during his two wedding services.

However much infidelity repulses, though, I have to echo Milton Friedman's question, "Where do we find the angels" we would all like to hold the offices of our land? They ain't running.

Update: Okay, it's really his fourth pledge.