"I believe that Edwards should get just as much grief for campaigning while his wife is suffering"
Hey, I dislike Edwards politically, but if this is something that he worked out with his wife, and they both want this, I have no complaint.
If he uses the situation to beg for votes it'll be a different story, but for now, I see this as something they want to do.
They can do what they want, and I do not plan to make additonal comments on this thread, or on others, criticizing them -- but I will make one last observation:
Ann Coulter's observation about the 9/11 widows still holds. The Democrats like to be victims. They like to be untouchable. How much would YOU be willing to bet that Jonathan Edwards, during a speech or debate about Health Insurance will not -- tearfully -- remind the crowd that his wife is fighting for her life.
If his campaign continues, I will say no more words of criticism.
If he uses her as a political prop -- he's an a**.
You can't change a leopard's spots; he's an ambulance-chasing, pandering opportunist.
What do you think he was doing by throwing a presser to announce it? If he'd announced that he was suspending his campaign, as rumor had him doing, there'd have been a point to it. He held that conference for one reason and one reason only - to get the sympathy vote.