VP

It's probably a foregone conclusion, but I'd like to urge John Kerry not to choose John Edwards as his running mate. Sure, Edwards has charisma, an attractive message, boyish good looks, and enough twang for both of them (since apparently people from south of the Mason-Dixon line are physically incapable of casting a vote for someone from the northeast). But think about what else Edwards has: the same first name as Kerry. I'm not prepared to sit through months (maybe even years) of columnists and bloggers making cutesy disparaging references about "the two Johns" or "John-John."

Alternately, one of them could change his name. "Philip Kerry" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?