The buzz here in Chapel Hill is that Edwards is holding off from denying or admitting the child is his because of the tax issues surrounding the payments made to Hunter and Young. Also, Edwards and his financial friends may be trapped by the Spitzer money-laundering laws.
BTW, Elizabeth is as mean and nasty a lawyer as HRC. She may want his nut encased in a Lucite cube for her desk ... with the chainsaw marks visible.