There’s no way Edwards speaks at the convention, I think. It would be too much of an excuse for people to write about… well, you know what. The perfectly innocent explanation for him fleeing photographers while exiting the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel at 2:45 a.m. while the woman alleged to have his child stays there, the refusal to take a paternity test, etc.

If Edwards is a private citizen unlikely to ever return to public office, most membes of the press will continue to avert their eyes and pretend they don’t see this story. If Edwards is speaking at the convention… or, audacious enough to accept a nomination to be Attorney General, than everybody — including any Democrat miffed that Edwards beat them out for a cabinet position — will come out guns blazing on this story.