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I donated a lot of money to the Edwards campaign, in large part because of Elizabeth. Friends closer to the campaign vouched for the power of the connection between the two. And, while I know for some this will sound idiotic, his work as a trial lawyer underlined his integrity to me. I have had serious business with a great trial lawyer and think that in the absence of a viable union movement they do the work of angels. So Edwards's admission and continued lies (he is the father of that child, pulesee!) are awful. His weaknesses are one thing -- his hypocrisy and narcissism are together something of a degree worse. Yet this was the guy who forced health care onto the agenda. who gave us the roadmap for recanting on Iraq, who understands how dangerous the income and wealth gap are, not for outcomes, but for democracy itself. It is a sad, sad moment.
