John Edwards probably thought he hit bottom last week when he was forced by the National Enquirer to admit to an affair with a campaign filmmaker.

Love child revelations aside, the final humiliation may have come in an commentary that puts the former Democratic North Carolina senator, vice presidential candidate and, more recently, presidential candidate in the same category as missionary love slaver and "Booger" cloner Joyce McKinney.

Phil Bronstein of SFGate sets it up like this:

What's the difference between John Edwards and Bernann McKinney?

Answer: They're the same.

One ran for President and the other cloned her favorite deceased dog, Booger, so maybe it's not a fair comparison. But both streaked across the public stage last week where they were busted for having secrets that muddied up their self-manufactured myths.

The Enquirer right now is rounding up sources on the Mother of All Tabloid stories: McKinney is negotiating for DNA from the ear of Edwards' love child.