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The federal courtroom where John Edwards is on trial is not big enough for all the spectators. But those who are shut out can still get an insider’s view of exhibits being discussed. In an unusual move, Judge Catherine Eagles has asked the clerks to post exhibits already published to the jury on a public website. Read more here.

Other political headlines:

--The Democratic Party’s national chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, added her voice to the president’s by speaking out against North Carolina’s proposed marriage amendment. Prominent Democrats also want to put the legalization of same-sex marriage in the party platform.

--Christensen: When President Obama visited Chapel Hill last week, the theme running through national media stories was how difficult it is going to be for the president to win North Carolina again. Full column here.

A defense lawyer described it simply as a “private video.”

But on the fifth day of testimony Friday, about an hour and a half into the continued cross examination of Andrew Young, the prosecutor’s lead witness in their criminal case against John Edwards, the purported sex tape between Edwards and Rielle Hunter was mentioned. Read the early trial story from Day 5 here.

Gov. Bev Perdue is hosting a policy meeting assembled by the nation's Democratic governors that's also expected to raise big money for their party's candidates this November.

The Democratic Governors Association starts a two-day regional policy conference on education, technology and health care on Thursday in Charlotte, AP reports. The two-day event also is expected to bring in $2 million for the group. The association can receive unlimited contributions from corporations and other groups.

In other political headlines:

--It’s a busy election year with lots of primary races, and in some places, lots of candidates. Some voters have so many choices that their ballots have races on both front and back.

Andrew Young described his last meeting with John Edwards as something that could a scene from a crime novel or The Sopranos.

The two met about a half mile from Edwards’ home just outside Chapel Hill on the side of a road not heavily traveled. It was August 2008.

Edwards had suspended his run for the Democratic presidential nomination and done an ABC interview acknowledging his affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, but not claiming paternity of their child. Read more from the trial's third day here.