John, what have you done?

There's a red-hot rumor afoot that John Edwards has knocked up some ol gal who's been around his campaign. Story broke in the National Enquirer, which has been known to get things right sometimes. Mickey Kaus has a bunch about it in his Slate blog.
Looking bad for the boy. Only Dem I liked at all, and he can't keep it zipped. Sigh. Maybe there's a perfectly good explanation for all this? The Rs cop the pelf and the Ds boff the babes.