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I Just Can't Hate John Edwards

Yes, he lied, and lied about the lying, and there's a kid involved. But is he really that much worse than Rudy Giuliani and the roll call of other wayward American pols?

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Not a lot of people are feeling sorry for John Edwards today. Let me see if I can muster up a case. Yes, Edwards cheated on his wife who had cancer at the time.

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