John Edwards finally admits what we already knew: “I am Quinn’s father.” He and Mark McGwire are now tied for least-surprising admission of 2010. Anyone else? OJ, got something to tell us?
A proposal: I know Andrew Young (the former Edwards aide who originally claimed the child was his) has a book coming out. And I know there have been other salacious revelations recently about Elizabeth and John and this whole affair. But can we make a pact to let this go away? The Edwardses say nothing more publicly, we comment on it no more, and everybody wins.
If he ever–ever–decides to run for office again, it’s all fair game, of course. But until then, this is just a collection of sad, hurting people in private life who need to figure out how to build their lives from here.