How exactly would the correction that Michael Kinsley wants, regarding the coverage of John Edwards for the past two years, read?
“In a March 25, 2007 story, the New York Times quoted former Senator John Edwards as saying, “We both recognize that there is a tension in our desire to be the best possible parents we can be for our kids — and remember this is in the context of parents who lost a child — and our desire to serve our country.” It has subsequently become clear from a love child with another woman that Mr. Edwards’ dedication to doing the “best possible parent” included doing so to children from two different women. Also, when Mr. Edwards said, “I know from the tough life experiences we have already been through I will be able to focus and have the maturity to make judgments under difficult circumstances,” that statement is now, in the eyes of the Times editors, inoperative.”






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