State Sen. Preston Smith, a Republican candidate for attorney general, had an extramarital affair with a woman

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From ED TV (1999)

I feel that Ed (TV) is the apotheosis of a prevailing American syndrome. It used to be that someone became famous because they were special. Now people are considered special just for being famous. Fame, itself, is now a moral good in this country. It's its own virtue.