You'll undoubtedly notice that the McCain campaign isn't making much hay out of the Edwards affair - and the reason is that if they did, it would open them to massive charges of hypocrisy. As it is, I think we need to turn a bigger spotlight on what McCain's own affair reveals about his character.

First, like John Edwards's affair, John McCain's wife was sick at the time. It takes a special breed of scum to cheat on one's spouse when he or she needs more support, when he or she is hurting.

Second, unlike John Edwards's affair, McCain didn't break it off - in fact, he dumped his first wife (who was sick and crippled from a car accident) to run off with Cindy. Yep, Mr. Integrity himself dumped his sick wife for a hot, young, rich heiress. Edwards is working to make his marriage work; McCain decided that it was too hard to stay with his sick wife and ran off with the mistress. Stay classy, Mac.

Third, unlike John Edwards, John McCain's affair helped his career. It was Cindy's cash that bankrolled McCain's first run for office.

So, to review: John Edwards had an affair with a woman around his age, an affair that hurt his career perhaps irreparably, and broke off the affair to make things work with his wife (who is, I might add, an incredible woman who should get a Cabinet seat in the Obama administration).

John McCain had an affair with a rich beauty queen decades younger than him, an affair that helped his career by bankrolling his first campaign, and instead of doing what honorable people do he dumped his sick wife to run off with the heiress. And I have yet to see the slightest indication that he repents or regrets what he did in any way.

Someone tell me again how the Republicans - who nominated this scumbag - are the party of family values?

Labels: John McCain, Politics, Republicans