Update:  Sanford Says He’s Trying To Fall Back In Love With Wife

3:25 p.m.  More of AP interview with Governor Mark Sanford: 
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he “crossed lines” with a handful of women other than his mistress - but never had sex with them.
The governor says he “never crossed the ultimate line” with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed Sanford’s once-promising political career.  During an emotional interview at his Statehouse office with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he’s trying to fall back in love with his wife.
He says that during the other encounters he “let his guard down” with some physical contact but “didn’t cross the sex line.“  He wouldn’t go into detail.
Sanford said the casual encounters happened outside the U.S. while he was married but before he met Chapur.

2:40 p.m.  Statement from Governor Sanford on SLED investigation:  “We’re pleased that SLED will look into this matter,“ Gov. Sanford said. “There’s been a lot of speculation and innuendo on whether or not public moneys were used to advance my admitted unfaithfulness. To be very clear: no public money was ever used in connection with this. We believe the best way to put those questions to rest once and for all is for SLED to ask these questions, and we plan on cooperating fully.“

1:55p.m.:  South Carolina Attorney General calls on SLED to investigate.  His statement reads, “In light of the governor’s disclosure of additional travel today, I have requested that SLED conduct a preliminary review of all Governor Sanford’s travel records to determine if any laws have been broken or any state funds misused.“

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is
admitting more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he
previously has disclosed.
    In a lengthy, emotional interview with The Associated Press, the
governor described seven meetings with the woman, including their
first in 2001. Sanford says there have been five over a 12-month
period, including two multi-night stays with her in New York.
    It was the first disclosure of any get-togethers with her in the
United States and contradicted a public confession last week during
which he admitted to a total of four encounters in the past year.
    He previously announced he would reimburse the state for money
spent during a government trip to Brazil and Argentina in June
2008. But he insists no public money was used for any other
meetings with her.