The only post I will ever write on Edwards' affair

Who cares?  He's out of the limelight, and his wife is dying of cancer.  What benefit did the public get out of knowing this that outweighed the anguish they're putting Elizabeth Edwards through in what are probably her last few years of life?  I'm not excusing Edwards, who seems to have behaved like a first class scumbag, but this story seems like sheer prurience to me. 

On a related note, props to Publius for his public apology to Mickey Kaus.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/08/the-only-post-i-will-ever-write-on-edwards-apos-affair/3950/