John Edwards Back in the Spotlight

Just as the Atlantic paints a movingly sympathetic portrait of Elizabeth Edwards, and a scathing indictment of Rielle Hunter, news outlets are reporting there may be evidence that yes, Hunter's daughter was fathered by John Edwards.

I have to say, I refused to follow the scandal--to the extent that I didn't even know Rielle Hunter's name until I read the Flanagan piece.  But I finished both pieces really thoroughly disgusted by John Edwards.  Neither piece pays much attention to him--a lapse I find fairly inexplicable in Flanagan's case.  Whatever Hunter's sins, John Edwards was the one in charge of taking care of Elizabeth Edwards.  She clearly deserved much better than she got.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/08/john-edwards-back-in-the-spotlight/23233/