(CNN) – Joe Trippi, a former top aide to John Edwards, is sharply refuting a report a handful of campaign staffers knew about the former presidential candidate's affair and had plans to sabotage his White House bid, telling CNN Monday the claim is "complete bull s**t."
"No one that I know had such a plan, I wasn't involved in a plan like that, it didn't exist, it's a fantasy," Trippi said in a phone interview.
Hmm. This is a pretty strong denial. But as a professional political operative, it has to be. To admit to something like this would ruin his career -- no politician alive would want to hire someone who planned to deliberately sabotage a campaign.