Gingrich confesses Lewinsky-era affair - Yahoo! News

Gingrich confesses Lewinsky-era affair - Yahoo! News: "SUMMARY: The ex-House speaker tells James Dobson he was cheating even as he fulminated against Bill Clinton, which he admits is 'short of God's standards.' Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he fulminated against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a religious-right group. 'The honest answer is yes,' Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. 'There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards.' Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's infidelity. "