This whole episode got me thinking about what could be revealed in my past. While I wasn't that scandalous, everybody has a few things in their past they'd like to change. There are few on the planet who could emerge unscathed from such intense scrutiny.
Also, think about the fact that those born after about 1995 will have a Google record on the internet of every embarrasing picture ever taken of them by family, or posted on MySpace by their 'friends' etc.
Even Palin only has a few choice college fotos that had to be scanned in. Not the same as today where people just do a "search" on old emails and archives!