Christian Science Monitor: A South Carolina House committee on Wednesday found that lies, hypocrisy, and abdication of duty by Gov. Mark Sanford did not amount to "serious misconduct" under the South Carolina Constitution. In effect, that ends a bid to impeach what one lawmaker called "the AWOL governor."
Instead, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to censure the former Republican presidential hopeful for bringing "ridicule, dishonor, disgrace, and shame on the governor's office and the state of South Carolina." The full House and Senate have to approve the censure resolution.