Edwards to Suspend Campaign (Update: Wife's cancer has returned - Does not suspend Campaign)

The Politico ^ | March 22, 2007 | Ben Smith

[kddid]

John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.

"At a minimum he's going to suspend" the campaign, the source said. "Nobody knows precisely how serious her recurrence is. It’ll be another couple of days before there’s complete clarity."

"For him right now he has one priority which is her health and the security of the two young children," said the friend.

As for the campaign, "You don't shut this machine off completely, but everything will go on hold."

[MonTinaGirl]

I agree. If we don't know, we don't have to speculate that the motive was ugly. I don't know Edwards; maybe he's a terrible person who would use his wife's illness purely for political gain, but I'd rather give them the benefit of the doubt, especially under the difficult circumstances they are facing.

[Melas]

Uncalled for, this isn't DU.

If only it were truly uncalled for. Unfortunatey, Bibchr's admonishment was called for. Those of who remember the mods franticly removing posts and eventually locking threads when Chris Reeve died, or when it was announced that Peter Jennings had cancer understand just how necessary such admonishments can be. So far, history doesn't seem to be repeating itself. I am at 80, and thus far only one comment removed by the mod.