John Edwards Campaign to Go On
Posted on Thu Mar 22, 2007 at 11:31:00 AM EST
Tags: John Edwards (all tags)
Bump and Update: The Edwards campaign is continuing. The cancer is back, minimally. She feels fine. Future treatment is medication and a less invasive form of chemo. Elizabeth looks and sounds great. Their optimism is inspiring. What grace under pressure.
Bump and Update: CBS reports John Edwards will suspend his campaign due to Elizabeth's relapse of cancer. CNN says the campaign denies it. We'll know any minute. [Update: Ben Smith of Politico apologizes and explains.]
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Presidential hopeful John Edwards will hold a press conference today at noon ET.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards accompanied his wife, Elizabeth, who has been treated for breast cancer, on a doctor's visit Wednesday. His campaign said they would hold a news conference in their hometown Thursday to discuss her health.
Campaign officials refused to answer any questions about what the Edwardses learned at the doctor's appointment or how it might affect his candidacy. Edwards had cut short a trip to Iowa Tuesday night to be with his wife Wednesday but still attended a barbecue fundraiser later in the evening in their hometown of Chapel Hill, N.C.
I really hope Elizabeth is okay.
The campaign had said that Mrs. Edwards, 57, had a follow-up appointment to a routine test she had Monday. The campaign explained that she had similar follow-ups in the past but they always resulted in a clean bill of health.
I have no doubt that Edwards will make Elizabeth his number one priority. His devotion to her has been one of the many things I've always admired about him.
Send your good thoughts their way. Breast cancer, like every cancer, is a devastating disease. I have known many who have survived it for many, many years. I am so hoping that Edwards will announce Elizabeth is fine and there is no reason to believe she faces a recurrence.
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