Sad.
I feel bad for his family, it must be a terrible thing to go through, not to mention having to go through it in public.
The real tragedy here, of course, is that an unaccepting society made him feel that he had to keep his sexuality hidden for all these years. That same society will now focus exclusively on his sexuality in this story. He had an affair, like a very large percentage of politicians and people in general do. The fact that it was a homosexual affair is not the story. The fact it wouldn't have been nearly as big a deal if he were straight is.
