When John Edwards finally admitted paternity of his daughter by mistress Rielle Hunter — in the wake of not one, but two damning books — many disappointed Democrats breathed a sigh of relief that the man’s career was dead and gone. Time, on the other hand, started crafting an article about Edwards’ comeback entitled “Rehabilitating John Edwards: Difficult but not Impossible.”

After months and months of denials, followed by damaging (and sometimes creepy) revelations John Edwards has finally publicly admitted that he is the father of former mistress Rielle Hunter’s child.