Although it's mainly been fodder for supermarket tabloids, John Edwards felt the need to address his affair/love child scandal. And guess what? The National Enquirer was right!

Edwards told ABC News today that he did indeed have an affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter but that the affair ended too quickly for her child to be his. An Edwards campaign aide, Andrew Young, has said that he is the father of the baby. Hmm. Okay. Well, he said his wife, Elizabeth, who happens to have terminal cancer, has known about the affair since it happened. He added that Elizabeth's cancer was in remission when he decided to sleep with Hunter.

If Edwards had become the presumptive nominee, or even if Barack Obama had prematurely chosen him as his running mate, John McCain would be writing up his inauguration speech right about now. Then again, we all know an affair scandal doesn't necessarily kill a politicians career. [ABC]