I have no doubt that Edwards, with his long and admirable commitment to poverty issues, really wants to do what he can to help in Haiti. It also seems likely that this sounded to him like an EZ-Pass lane to get to image rehabilitation more quickly.

If I were Jon Stewart, this is where I'd say: "Edwards. Meet me at Camera 3."

Sir, it's obviously killing you to have fallen so far, even if it was your fault and you do still have millions and millions of dollars. You may possibly have a chance at some day rehabilitating your image. But you're going to have to follow these steps:

Step 1. Go away and keep your mouth shut.
Step 2. Seriously, you can't skip Step 1--go back and try again