but wouldn't that be stating the obvious?

And why on Earth would ANYONE wishing to be taken seriously, and especially a nationally known pundit and author go on TV and act like those idiotic dunderheads you sometimes stand behind in the supermarket who swallow this crap and actually bring it up in conversation?

Because she hates John Edwards and can't resist an opportunity to talk crap about him and his marriage on air. No matter how dubious and ridiculous the source.

It may have been infuriating if it wasn't so sad. The undignified nadir of a hate merchant.