We're used to seeing politicians as cynical, manipulative creatures who'd sell their own mothers for votes. But what about selling a dying son? Politico is reporting that it was Vice President Joe Biden himself who leaked his son's dying wish that he run for president, planting the story with NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd.  In effect, Biden was "placing an ad in the New York Times" announcing his availability to run, according to the article. Before that moment and since, Biden has told the Beau story to others. Sometimes details change — the setting, the exact words. The version he gave Dowd delivered the strongest punch to the gut, making the clearest swipe at Clinton by enshrining the idea of a campaign against her in the words of a son so beloved nationally that his advice is now beyond politics. This campaign wouldn’t be about her or her email controversy, the story suggests, but connected to righteousness on some higher...(Read Full Post)