I Wondered How Long It Would Take...

...for it to register in some quarters that if John Edwards had done the prudent thing and not run for President while covering up an affair, the Democratic Party might now have a different nominee.

Ed Morrissey analyzes whether media silence cost Clinton the nomination, but I think the more salient point is that Edwards himself changed the outcome...with, as Morrissey points out, more than a little help from Hillary herself. Anyone remember driver's licenses for illegal aliens?

In any event, it's now the proverbial water under the bridge. Given Bill Clinton's own checkered marital history throughout his political career, it seems more than a bit hypocritical for Clinton supporters to complain.