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Edwards Will Continue Presidential Run

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. "The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.

Shocked! Shocked I say!

I cant believe I am saying this but I actually think less of him. If my wife had cancer, I would not be running for office. Best wishes and prayers out to his wife, I hope her battle goes well--appearently she will have to fight it by herself.

***update

Apparently she has stage IV cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, women diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer have a 5-year survival rate of between 18 and 20 percent. This means that for every five women who have stage IV breast cancer, only one survives after five years. At seven years, the survival rate for these women drops to 11 percent

My wife would not have a choice. Whatever I was doing would stop, and stop then. I obviously would still provide for my family but extraneous demands would end if my lifetime partner, best friend, and the mother of my children had incurable cancer. If Mr Edwards wanted sympathy he should have dropped out of the race. In the coming months / years he will only draw scorn as she gets worse and her condition degrades.

Bluntly put, the odds are 5 years he will loose the democratic nomination and his wife—at what cost? Does raw power really mean that much to him? What price do you put on the last years of your wife?