Any time, any place I need to be with Elizabeth I will be there - period.-Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, when asked today about how his wife's illness will affect his candidacy.
Elizabeth Edwards, who was diagnosed with breast cancer the day after the 2004 presidential election (in which John was the Democratic V.P. nominee), found out yesterday that the cancer had spread to her ribs - and possibly a lung. As a result it is no longer curable.
The couple, who lost their 16-year-old son in a car accident in 1996, say that the presidential campaign will continue:
We've been confronted with these kind of traumas and struggles already in our life. When this happens you have a choice - you can go and cower in the corner or you can go out there and be tough.A note to the Republicans...the next time you spout off about family values, stop while you're ahead and take a look at the Edwards family. For there you will find the shining example.
