Yeah, Edwards is a piece of shit. Yet oddly, I somewhat agree with Craig here. I don't see why this man is reviled so much more than other philandering politicians (let alone those who do worse than philandering). Yes, I see the issue of misuse of campaign funds, but that as yet is unproven, and if memory serves, it didn't come out until a year or so after the adultery scandal hit. It seems like he was pretty reviled before anyone even knew about that. Even if he's acquitted, his political career is not only dead, I'm not so sure he could get a job at McDonalds.
Is it because his wife had cancer? Yeah, that makes it eIven shittier.
Then again... Newt cheated on TWO sick wifes, and dumped both of them. And he got to run for POTUS and even topped the polls for a time.
Then there is Eliot Spitzer to give another example. His wife wasn't sick. However, he serially cheated with prostitutes, an illegal act. Yet Spitzer gets spots all over the media and even has his own show now on Court TV. I wouldn't be surprised if Spitzer could even run for office again some day. Meanwhile, Edwards is so toxic no one will touch him with a 10' pole.
So what is it that makes Edwards the devil incarnate while these others are just ordinary assholes?