Please.
In this era of "media overwatch", this would require the family itself, close friends, the doctors, nurses, father of the child, etc, etc to not say ANYTHING about such a scheme. And think of the cash that someone could get from the National Enquirer selling such a story - that would have been done by now.
Is it possible? No, not even possible. The cover-up involved would be extensive.
Actually, the National Enquirer and The Star are the most reliable of news out there after the Wall Street Journal. They are never sued for any stories because they employ a battery of lawyers to go over every story before it is published. I still have The Star’s copy from 1992 which exposed Gennifer Flower’s story. If you see this story in the National Enquirer, we are sunk.
Anytime a politician has to respond to stories takes that much time out of the limited time to get his story out. This could be lethal to the campaign. I’m serious about this stuff and I have followed campaigns for 55 years at least. I still remember President Truman when he was president.
There is a possible benefit to this and it may be a big beartrap that McCain has set. Let the left wing blogosphere take up their time chasing a false story and then knock it down. They would have wasted their time instead of more substantive issues.
And yes, it does reflect the abject fear that they feel about the Palin candidacy. They are scared out of their minds especially if she debates well and knows the subject material. McCain threw a “Hail Mary” pass and we don’t know if it has been caught in the end zone yet.
We ignore this at our peril.