Krauthammer's surmising presents General Patraeus as more of a self serving jerk than most "on the Hill" want to admit.

I think the really shocking news today was that General Petraeus thought and hoped he could keep his job. He thought that it might and it would be kept secret, and that he could stay in his position. I think what that tells us is really important. It meant that he understood that the FBI obviously knew what was going on. . . . . . . And that brings us to the ultimate issue, and that is his testimony on September 13 [actually, the testimony in question was on the 14th and was a demonstrable lie at the time Patraeus parroted his testimoney - blog editor] That’s the thing that connects the two scandals, and that’s the only thing that makes the sex scandal relevant. Otherwise it would be an exercise in sensationalism and voyeurism and nothing else. The reason it’s important is here’s a man who knows the administration holds his fate in its hands, and he gives testimony completely at variance with what the Secretary of Defense had said the day before, at variance with what he’d heard from his station chief in Tripoli, and with everything that we had heard. Was he influenced by the fact that he knew his fate was held by people within the administration at that time?

Of course it was being held over Petraeus’s head, and the sword was lowered on Election Day. You don’t have to be a cynic to see that as the ultimate in cynicism. . . . . . .  And as soon as the election’s over, as soon as he can be dispensed with, the sword drops and he’s destroyed. . . . . . Thanks to our friends at News Busters.  

Editor's notes:  besides the fact that the head of the CIA could not keep his own loathsome life under wraps,  is the harsh reality that he put himself in the situation of being blackmailed by the very people he was serving.  He made the mistake of thinking that he was serving honorable men and women,  at some level,  when,  in fact,  his new found Leftist buds have no sense of conscience whatsoever  . . . . . and that includes Hillary Clinton.  Patraeus  gets what he deserves and Ambassador Stevens gets nothing.