♦ What would Basic Instinct screenwriter Joe Eszterhas have said about John Edwards’s mistress? Rush Limbaugh just said it. [Media Matters]

♦ People died from America’s cheap promises to Georgia—given by the force behind the foreign policy platform of John McCain, who for some reason stresses that the invaded country was "one of the world’s first nations to adopt Christianity." [Belgravia Dispatch]

♦ Focus on the Family has pulled a video imploring Christians to pray for rain to fall on Obama. [Rocky Mountain News]

♦ The New York Times points out that Indiana senator Evan Bayh would muddle the Obama ticket, seeing as how he led, with John McCain, a group that agitated for the "liberation" of Iraq. [TPM]

♦ Mark Penn says negative ads work. [Politico.com]

♦ Hillary Clinton delegates want to make sure the convention includes her nomination for president. [SFGate]