I just ran across a small diary on DailyKos that reports that the oldest daughter of John Edwards, Cate, was "fine" after being involved in an accident caused by a drunk driver on Friday night. From CNN Politics.com:

According to CNN affiliate WTVD, Cate Edwards's car was struck from behind in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Friday afternoon by a man who was driving at twice the legal blood-alcohol limit.

The Edwards campaign described the accident as "minor" and provided no other details.

Amazing.

I'd normally expect that in this news environment of media glitz and glamor ~any~ such incident involving the child of one of the candidates for President would be front-page material, if not headlined, across the nation. Even though this incident appears to be minor, the potential for overblown sensationalism must have been hard for the media pundits to resist. From The Associated Press:

In 1996, the Edwardses' 16-year-old son, Wade, died in a car accident. Wade Edwards was driving with a friend to the beach in North Carolina when a strong wind blew his Jeep off the road and it flipped over.

Perhaps there is something to the persistent cry of a virtual media blackout regarding the Edwards campaign.

More unrelated tidbits after the fold.