Correct me if I am wrong but did'nt Edwards earn his fortune on a junk science lawsuit that has since been disproven?
Yes. The medical argument Edwards used to win many medical malpractice lawsuits was later disproved. This was after Edwards and his ilk helped push malpractice premiums so high many oby/gyn's changed specialties and others insisted on performing cesareans rather than risk a lawsuit if the delivery went bad. Here's a link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1061376/posts
Edwards is a "jackpot justice," slip 'n fall lawyer who made his fortune suing people. I think one of his bigger jackpots was a case where a little girl got stuck on a pool drain. Anyways, he then bought a Senate seat but coughed it up when he saw the writing on the wall that he was dead meat in his next election.
Now Edwards wants to be President and lead the Democrat Party's efforts to turn America into a Euro-style secular-socialist welfare state. You know - - make America as great as France. The end.