Running for president when wife is ill with cancer?

I did not read anything in depth about it, but it seems rather cold to me, but then again I am not accquainted with either of them. The wife may have wanted him to continue with his efforts, and if that b the case then he is doing the right thing. There is in fact very little Mr Edwards can do about it, except support her recovery efforts and I'm sure he will do so, he may even be more attentive to her with the public eye on him. And since it is a reoccurance, maybe they both are aware of what the treatment will entail and know they can handle it as well as the political campaign.

I personaly cannot stand edwards or any of the democratic candidates for that matter, but I have to say in his defense, his wife encouraged him to continue his run. It was not out of selfishness.

From what I heard on the news, he and his wife have talked about it, with their kids too, and they all agree that he should still campaign for the presidency. They said they have had hard times they got through together in the past, and this was another one of those hard times. She may be better off keeping active and doing things, better than just sitting there and thinking about cancer all the time, a positive attitude can help someone with cancer very much.