Would you feel better about it if he divorced his wife and married the assistant? Assuming what your are insinuating is actually happening.
FWIW, I think that Cochrane and his EA are making the best of what is a lousy situation..he's still married to his wife, he provides for her financially..his EA isn't married, and she worked for him for many years before his wife was institutionalized..it's not like he was Wilbur Mills putting his stripper girlfriend Fanny Foxxe on the office payroll. Look, I want Cochran gone..but this is a chap shot..they were open about the relationship....however..he should have known better in that she should have resigned as his EA once they became a couple...it just doesn't pass the smell test..and that's the problem with those who stay too long inside the Beltway..they think they're above it all...