The age of the politicized child has come to an end. Long live the age of the politicized parent. James and Yvonne Fordham, the proud parents of Tom Reynolds's recently resigned chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, have reached out to Rochester's "R News" — the NY1 of Rochester — with assurance that their son wasn't part of any damn cover-up and sure as hell didn't try to cut a deal with ABC to keep Foley's sketchy IMs off the news. "I know he didn't attempt any cover-up," said James Fordham.

Well, that's that. Case closed, nation healed. Now can we please move on?

See a detailed time line of Fordham's political career. [Talking Points Memo]