I was sitting in my room and the news came on tv;
A lot of people out there hurtin', and it really scares me.
Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight;
So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
~~ Brian Wilson, "Love and Mercy"
It was about eight in the morning yesterday when my friend Ed sent me a text from Buffalo and said, "Turn on CNN." My first thought was that Buffalo was on the news - he had been telling me about the severe winds, about how school had been canceled, and about how, dammit, he still had to work that day. In the few seconds more before the channel appeared, I wondered a few more things that might prompt Ed to direct me to the news today, but the news I saw was the last thing I was expecting. John Edwards was ending his campaign for president.
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