Not quite a moot point as Nifong will certainly be looking for jurors who know of this child and believe it is evidence she was raped. The paternity test is an attempt to short circuit this.
Fair to say that he _claimed_ it was a moot point - for now. I absolutely agree that the paternity test is necessary to ensure that the mathematically challenged juror knows for sure that it's not a lax baby. Even then, some could ignore all of that and assume the conception was proof of rape.