Adults behaving badly. There are children involved. I don't believe any tape is going to serve the purpose of upholding their integrity.

The truth of the matter is evasive and at this point there is no real truth that will hold water. Why the tape in the first place and why was it left conveniently behind by Hunter? The 'threat' of any tape looms large to realize John Edwards was a Presidential hopeful and if elected would carry a lot of leverage in ways that only the imagination holds domaine.

The FACT is that there are children as innocent bystanders and they need protection from irresponsible adults that saw dollar signs, power and prestige as the reward at the end of the rainbow. I am afraid THAT fact speaks more loudly about the American 'social condition' than one wants to admit.

If there is any nobility to be reaped out of these taudry circumstances, it is the court has an obligation to protect the innocent and shield the children from a reputation harmed by the actions of greed by the adult participants.


Andrew Young, former aide to former Senator John Edwards (click title to entry - thank you), and his wife Cheri Young listen to the prosecutions' arguments during a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro, N.C., Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)