Today’s Washington Post takes a look at Bob Shrum’s new memoir, a gift that will keep on giving throughout this campaign season thanks to Shrum’s animosity to John Edwards. The WaPo reports:

In his new memoir, "No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner," Shrum recalls asking Edwards at the outset of that campaign, "What is your position, Mr. Edwards, on gay rights?"

"I'm not comfortable around those people," Edwards replied, according to Shrum. He writes that the candidate's wife, Elizabeth, told him: "John, you know that's wrong."

Edwards's pollster, Harrison Hickman, who was in the room during the discussion, says Shrum "is sensationalizing and taking out of context what was an honest discussion about [Edwards's] lack of exposure to these issues and openly gay people. I don't remember anything that expressed any kind of venom or judgment about gay people."

Remember, Edwards had been a Senator for six years when his “lack of exposure” triggered these strange comments.

(HT: Streiff at RedState, who also had the inspired idea of running this item in conjunction with famous “I Feel Pretty” video.)

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PS to the Post – Please revisit the part in your stylebook that insists on the usage of “Edwards’s” – it’s very awkward.