Everyone screaming "But this is a private matter!" should immediately put in a call to Mr. Edwards, and say that very thing -- speak to the man who stated it's over and done with, end of story but then couldn't resist putting in calls to two additional media figures (Bob Schieffer the major one).
If it's so private, then tell the offending individual to approach his "private life" with a modicum of self-discipline and oh yeah, a minimum of that "narcisssim" being used as a catch-all blame for the whole sordid episode.
If you opt to carry on an extramarital liaision, do so with a sense of what makes "private life" truly private -- attention to pesky details about relationships maintenance. If you find yourself regretting it, do not allow monied friends to step in and move the relevant parties across the country, and end up in multi-million dollar homes.
If you care about women's issues in your campaign -- you know women, complex beings with personal integrity, women like your wife, your daughter, your mistress, too -- you won't hide behind things like "being in remission" and being exonerated by paternity test results. Please, it wouldn't work on Maury Povich; you expect such posturing to save you?
If you want the wholemess to be treated as private matter, Mr. Edwards, start by treating it that way yourself. Keep hush money-packing pals out of it, and then, be man enough to stay away from a microphone, and be Democrat enough to shut the f--k up when people more principaled than you are busting their balls to get to the White House. Finally, just go away. Sooner rather than later. Disappear.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
