In Washington DC, a city where daring to go sans hosiery may be punishable with death, the very sight of a woman's bare knees heaving lustily in the filtered light of a crowded bus are enough to drive some men wild. One of those men is former Senator Arlen Specter, and he's using his forthcoming book to let the world…

• Did John Edward's acknowledgment of his born-out-of-wedlock daughter put the final nail in his political coffin? Elizabeth says sort of, but it's OK:

[Kittanning, Pennsylvania; August 13. Image via Getty]

[Lebanon, Pennsylvania; August 11. Image via Getty]

• Barack Obama, after his meeting with Angela Merkel, will visit the ruins of the Buchenwald concentration camp. He will likely not compare our re-purposing of Abu Ghraib to the Russian's post-war re-purposing of Buchenwald for political prisoners. [UPI, Huffington Post]

• Senate Minorityi Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't think it's his place to stop or chastise prominent Republicans who are running around screaming, "Racist!" at Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Of course, McConnell doesn't think a lot of things are his place, up to and including holding the Republican Senator majority. [

• Nancy Pelosi admits she knew about waterboarding, but says her job was to get Democrats elected... and accused the CIA of lying to her. [Washington Post]

• Rielle Hunter's friends don't recall the videographer's affair with John Edwards ending in December 2006. One says, "I'm not sure what men tell their wives about their mistresses represents the most accurate portrayal." [Huffington Post]

• Elizabeth Edwards (and her cheat-of-a-husband John) sat down separately with Oprah Winfrey for an interview that will be televised later and appear in O. Elizabeth asked that Oprah not use the mistress's name. [Associated Press]

• Sarah Palin appears on American Chopper tonight to laud the patriotism of Paul Teutul and his son, Paul Jr., as well as invite them to her fishin' hole. That's not a euphemism. [ThinkProgress]