ANOTHER MESS – AT 8:40 A.M. ET:  Truth eventually comes out.  From the Washington Post:

Former senator John Edwards on Thursday admitted paternity of a daughter with former mistress Rielle Hunter, despite his previous denials, in a statement given to the "Today" show.

Harrison Hickman, a trusted Edwards adviser, went on the show to discuss the statement from the former presidential candidate, who also served as the vice presidential nominee for the Democratic Party in 2004.

"I am Quinn's father," Edwards said in the statement. "I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves.... It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter."

He also apologized to his daughter, now nearly two, saying he hoped she could forgive him one day, and to the public. "To all those I have have disappointed and hurt, these words will never be enough. But I am truly sorry," he said.

"I know it's not possible," Edwards previously said over the question of whether Frances Quinn Hunter was his child.

Hickman said that Elizabeth Edwards, who is battling cancer, and John have separated and that she is supportive of him coming forward about the child. "Elizabeth thinks he should acknowledge this," Hickman said.

COMMENT:  This man was almost vice president of the United State – he was on Kerry's ticket in 2004 – and he could have gone higher than that.

Our anger should not only be directed at Edwards, a professional sleazeball, but at the press.  Edwards, who made millions in the very murky world of medical malpractice lawsuits, was never properly vetted by the lamestream media, which examines every word and action of leading conservatives.  He took the standard liberal positions, and thus got a pass.

Edwards won his most famous medical malpractice case using junk science.  That should be a warning to us that failure to examine the science used in political and judicial arguments – and that includes global warming – is one of the journalistic scandals of our time.

January 21, 2010