We just saw on Strollerderby that John McCain, an adoptive father himself, recently said the following, as quoted in the New York Times, "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption."

Strollerderby goes into all the reasons why this is ludicrous, and how gay adoption has been shown again and again to produce kids just as happy and healthy as those in straight adoptive homes. If you want to humanize this topic, just check out this amazingly great blog by two men who are foster parents to a toddler.

But it reminded us of something John Edwards (remember him?) said back in the day.

Adoption expert Jane Aronson has treated thousands of orphans (including the most famous orphans in the world) in her saint-like career as a pediatrician in private practice and as head of the important, donation-worthy Worldwide Orphans Foundation. We recently spoke with her by phone about the state of adoption today. The good doctor is incredibly frank. She told us what adopting countries are hot right now, why attachment parenting's 0-3 emphasis is bunk, and why celebrities have it hard. Here's what she said about celebrity adoption:

A lot of people believe that celebrities have a much easier time adopting.

They do not have an easier time adopting; they have a worse time adopting. And they would all agree with me.