You, I, NO ONE, knows the truth except Herman Cain and the women making the claims. I cannot believe that you, of all people, have fallen into the trap that is being set for you by the press. I am sick to death of all the “conservative” talking heads who have defended Herman Cain as if they have been privy to exactly what happened and the documentation held by both the NRA, and the women who signed those documents. Is this not exactly what the left did when they rallied around Bill Clinton and we wailed so loudly about that? Are conservatives not doing exactly what we blamed the left for doing, defending our guy with absolutely no documentation to back up our defense.

I am not going to sit in judgement of Herman Cain, or the women making the accusations. I don’t know the truth and probably never will. But I do know this; Cain is sucking all the oxygen out of the primary. And while we need to concentrate on defeating Obama, Herman Cain is remaining the headline. What should have been a 48 hour story, quelched immediately by Team Cain, who had forwarning from Politico itself, is now in its second week. Instead of talking about the economy, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, and a hot mike, it is Herman Cain who garners the headlines.

Hell, I don’t know if Herman Cain is telling the truth. I don’t know if ALL five women are telling the truth, and the bottom line is neither does anyone else. But I do know this: the longer this story goes on, the more damage it does to the Republican cause of kicking Obama out of office. And I know that sometimes it is better to fall on your sword than take the whole army down with you.

Herman Cain has fought the good fight. But he needs to end this; today. He is now, no matter how this turns out, damaged goods and he needs to step down and let others pick up the standard. I am sorry for him, for his supporters who have expressed so much faith in him, but politics is not bean bag and sometimes the good guy loses.