I don't have a problem with what he said to those kids. He told the truth. He talked to them like adults, like his friends, like men he cares for. That didn't make me think any less of him. Some people swear every two words in private, it doesn't bother me (like it does the admins of this site, apparently
).
The AD is a Jeff Hathaway type. I bet Edsall called him a C-word once or twice.
Also, whoever records these private convos and then gives them to newspapers is a real low-life piece of doody.