[Phsstpok]

Actually, I think Edwards is fairly intelligent--he just has fallen in with the wrong crowd.

Edwards is definitely intelligent.  He's a very successful trial lawyer.  As such, however, he's trained to put forward whatever information will win his case and suppress, discredit or ignore anything else, regardless of any moral or ethical considerations.  "Winning" overrides all other concerns.  "It's how the system works."

The bad crowd he fell in with was the ABA.  That then led him to the "hard stuff," the dims.
 

[PrinceOfCups]

Actually, I think Edwards is fairly intelligent--he just has fallen in with the wrong crowd.

Luke, beware of the Dark Side of the Force...