Edwards was my numero uno, too, but the writing is now on the wall. Brokered convention or no, he will not be the nominee of the democratic party in 2008. Better he bail ASAP and endorse Obama, that Clinton be stopped before it's too late.

Not without first reaching an understanding with Obama, of course, with payment due no later than January, 2009. A deal like that could enable Edwards to accomplish a significant implementation of the goals has championed throughout his campaign.

That's where Ralph Nader screwed the pooch in 2000. Had he presented Gore his shopping list two weeks before the election, who knows? At the very least, he might have gained leadership of the Interior department for himself, or played kingmaker (a term I've no problem with). But he didn't have a politic bone in his body, and like most other puritan-martyrs chose to crash and burn rather than wheel and deal. Edwards is a good man. How he plays his cards now, though, will go a long way in showing what he's really been about all along.