Now, how many of you Kentucky political junkies, upon hearing this story, didn't ask the obvious first question "Is Greg O.K.?" and instead asked "Was he alone?". I know many of you did because you told me and you also know Stumbo's past reputation as a womanizer. And that's why all this talk I hear about Stumbo running for governor makes me wonder if that's realistic talk.

Here's why. Stumbo is still embroiled in a legal fight with Travis Frisch, who's the mother of Stumbo's out-of-wedlock child. Stumbo was fooling around with Frisch while he was still married and in the legislature and she was working in Frankfort. Stumbo has been battling with her over child support and court venue issues. The attorney general has already been taunted with the "Who's Your Daddy?" comments at the Fancy Farm Picnic and it will get a lot worse and a lot rougher if he runs for governor.

Greg Stumbo could conceivably win a Democratic primary because his office's investigation of the Fletcher administration has singlehandedly energized the hard core Democrats in Kentucky. And Stumbo is one of the smarter politicians in Kentucky. But a smart politician wouldn't..... A) keep fighting a court battle over a child and B) put his wife and kids through the trauma of a governor's race featuring hubby and father as a "deadbeat dad." We'll see what happens, but I'm betting Stumbo and his best political strategist (his wife Mary Karen) will figure out that the whispers after a night on the high seas would become louder in a race for governor.