Even Edwards wouldn't keep campaigning if his wife was dying of cancer. Right?
Edwards To Withdraw?
CAPTAIN ED
I'm no fan of John Edwards, but I hope his press conference today doesn't have the kind of bad news that rumors have indicated. After both he and his wife Elizabeth had to change their schedules to confer with her doctors, Edwards scheduled a presser to discuss developments in her health:
John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, announced late Wednesday night that he would hold a news conference Thursday, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards' doctor to assess her health following her recovery from breast cancer.
Mrs. Edwards, in a brief interview from her home in Chapel Hill, said she and Mr. Edwards would discuss her health at the news conference, but she declined to elaborate. ...
The Edwards campaign announced the news conference at the end of a day when Mr. Edwards canceled a campaign appearance to join his wife at a visit to her doctor. Mrs. Edwards was diagnosed with cancer in 2004, almost on the day that Mr. Edwards, running for vice president on the Democratic ticket with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, lost to President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. ...
Mr. Edwards canceled an appearance in Iowa on Wednesday, so he could go to a follow-up doctor's appointment with his wife. Early in the day, associates of Mr. Edwards said they had no reason to believe the check-up was anything to worry about, but late Wednesday evening two friends said they believed the news was bad.
I'll have the Edwards family in my prayers, and I hope you will, too. I understand what it means to have a spouse with a serious illness and how it impacts everything one does -- and how one has to make that a priority. If his wife has had a recurrence of the cancer, it would be almost impossible for him to campaign effectively. Let's hope the news isn't quite that dire and that Elizabeth Edwards will quickly regain her health, if she has lost any ground.
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