Hard Couric

Well, Katie Couric can't win. The CBS news anchor is accused of being a light weight, then lands the biggest news interview of the week for 60 Minutes and gets called out for taking out John and Elizabeth Edwards. No soft-ball questions. This interview is no puff piece.

Actually, I found it kind of refreshing. I do think her line of questioning using the crutch "some say . . ." to sort of soft pedal her hard questions was timid. But overall I don't think her questions crossed the line. They needed to be asked. After all, the Edwards' started it with their press conference. They're expecting to be an open book. Some of the bloggers thought Katie should have come out with her own cancer stories. Um, no. She's a journalist, not their girlfriend. I don't care about Katie's brush with death, or her family's experience. I care about Elizabeth and John Edwards. Katie's not running for president. John Edwards is, with a very sick wife. Even if she comes out strong and positive -- and she should -- it doesn't change what she's up against.

By the way, if anything, they are just becoming a mirror for the American experience.

According to the CDC, cancer is the second leading cause of death in America, second only to heart disease, and a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.