You invite Ann Coulter to a speaking gig and you pretty much know what you’re going to get. Not surprisingly, she stayed in form the other day at the Conservative Political Action Conference when she referred to John Edwards as a “faggot.”

Condemnation of her remarks has been widespread, but Coulter is keeping the ball in play, telling the New York Times “C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.”