(CNN) - John McCain was tight-lipped Friday afternoon when it came to answering any questions about former U.S. Senator and Democratic hopeful John Edwards's admittance to having an extramarital affair. Edwards acknowledged he had had an affair with a former aide in 2006 but denied being the father of her baby. McCain told reporters "I don't have any comment on that" during a press conference in Rogers, Arkansas.
In Nevada, New York Senator Hillary Clinton said her "thoughts and prayers are with the Edward's family today" when asked if she thought her party would suffer any repercussions because of the scandal. Senator Clinton held an impromptu press conference following a campaign event in Las Vegas for Barack Obama where the statement was made.
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McCain should know a thing or two about cheating and leaving his wife.
he did it also.
The correct response is no response at all.
Thank you, Hillary and John.
Thats my girl Hillary cnn you forgot to add she said thats all I am gonna say about it. I think that was more kindness than edwards showed bill during his witch hunt.
Good the less said the better from either one of them, Hillary or McCain.
Aster a lot of hype, John Edwards added nothing to the Democratic ticket in 2004; he has now expanded upon that lack of achievement by detracting from the Democratic campaign of 2008. This man needs a LONG, LONG time to do penance before he shows his vapid, blow-dried face in public again!
Being that McCain had an affair with Cindy after his first wife had an accident and became wheelchair bound, I can understand why he did not want to comment on it.
I suppose Edwards made a terrible mistake having this affair. But its not the end of the world. There are alot of people out there condemning Edwards and they themselves are doing the same thing.
But I also wonder if there is something out there that we don't know about Obama. Maybe the DNC had better do a thorough check on Obama because you never know if a scandal can suddenly come out about him. That would definitely be a disaster so I think he should be checked out before the republicans find something that could definitely hurt the democrats.
mcCANE changed the subject because he cheated on his first wife. there have been rumors of other affairs also........
like many others have said, edward's affair will hurt mcCANE and help Obama.....Obama should call mcCANE out on it.
McBush can't say anything about the affair Edwards had, that would be like calling the kettle black. All you holier than thou republicans, McBush wasn't divorced when he started an affair with trophy wife. Why isn't what he did in all the papers, why isn't he treated like an adultorer, that's what he is.
A subject John MCcrazy knows all about, seeing how he has committed adultry.
McCain did the same thing that Edwards did. He has no place making a single comment on this.
What's the matter McExplain? Don't want the media to turn their attention to you and your turkey necked Barbie Grannie doll there and how you two got together before and after you trashed your injured wife? Hmmmm?? Yeah, you BETTER keep your mouth shut about Edwards cause that would be the pot calling the kettle...
Is this story going to run 5 or 6 times? Must be a ploy to keep off Obama's ridiculous energy un-plan. I hope some sleazy lawyer goes after John Edwards for everything he has just like he did to corporations why he was helping the 'common folk'. What a jerk and a typical hypocrite. Now you know why dems don't run on family values, they don't have ANY values.
This is news?
neither of these two would have anything worth hearing to say on the
issue.
And to think at one time I thought Elizabeth Edwards was a woman of strength and integrity... looks like she a typical government mooch after all
McCain has no comment......I wonder why!!!!
Considering what I keep hearing about Senator McCain and his first wife, if he's smart, he'll continue to be "tight-lipped".
I applaud McCain's discretion on this matter. He has firsthand experience that IT"S NO ONE'S BUSINESS. Disclaimer: This does not mean I like McCain.
Matters of this type should better left to woman involved with John and his family as their private affairs, and this should be the case despite the admission by John of the extramarital affairs with that woman involved.
So sad...so sorry for all involve. Let's leave them alone.
Jejussssssss, how many stories can there be on this? when will the gardener give his account? You would think this guy started an uneccesary war or something. This is between Edwards and his family. If Elizabeth wants to kick him in his acorns, I'm all for it.
As long as Edwards is not running for or holding any public office, this is truly none of our business. My best wishes to the Edwards' family!
Of course McCain is gonna be tight lipped he had an affair too. Those with sins can not cast stones.
I really don't think that someone who has been down this road before would really like to comment on this topic.
There's a reason McCain is tight lipped on the Edwards affair. McCain had affairs, left his wife whom was in a car accident while he was a POW, and married a very well-to-do woman. He is afraid that if the Republicans start pointing moral fingers, the fingers may come back to him. By the way, Gary Hart was one of his groomsmen....remember Donna Rice?
Hillary had no real comment on something she knows too much about.
McCain BETTER keep his mouth shut on this since he married into millions by having an affair with Cindy while still with his first wife, announced the divorce on TV before telling her, married Cindy a month later...yet he still manages to lecture about "family values" !
Uh, "scandal"? Blowing this out of proportion, aren't we, CNN?
Hillary, You are too KIND. You would be the nominee and our party would be electing you the next President if it wasn't for this idiot. Now it looks like we'll settle for McCain. How long as Obama known this news? South Carolina? When he had him behind him gettting his support. This whole thing just smells FISHY. Screw these guys, Hillary. FIGHT at the convention.
Small wonder McCain had no comment, since he has quite the history of adultery himself. In fact, he started seeing Cindy McCain while he was still married to his first wife.
I'm just absolutely shocked, and really saddened that I know I shouldn't be.
McCain was tight lipped becaues he cheated on his first wife..........He's worried this will come up. I'l waiting for CNN to mention it. Why is everyone affriad to mention McCain cheated on his first wife.........?
McCain also had an affair while married to his first wife. That's why he said no comment.
Surprised he didn't say the surge would have prevented the affair.
I don't see why the Democratic Party will suffer as long as Edwards is not the VP candidate. We Americans have very short memory so wait a few years, Edwards will be as good as new.
Not a suprise a former wife cheater would not have comment about the new wife cheater
Who cares about Hillary or Edwards? They are not running for anything anymore.
Why doesn't CNN report on John McCain's multiple affairs? Or the dumping of his first wife after she had the accident and he met the 24 year old beer hieress (his current wife Cindy).
Or is McCain somehow entitled and let off free because he was a POW and suffered?
John McCain is the one actually running for president now so his affairs are more newsworthy, if not as exciting (as Edwards is younger and it's hard to imagine how randy a younger McCain was).
She certainly know's how it feels!!! Ahmmmm MONICA!
Once again, we're all making a big deal out of a personal matter. This does not need to affect anyone outside of the Edwards family. Can the rest of us move back to the issues, please?
Look everybody is acting like this is big news. Well to me it is not. It may be good gossip at best. This is something him and his family must deal with in the privacy of their own home. Regular everyday people know that politicians are not above this kind of action. They tried to use Bill Clinton cheating ways against him and it did not work. Society in general praised men in general about their doggish ways. So America is not shocked that he denied it at first. It is no ones business but his and his family. We have other issues that is more news worthy than this gossip.
How could Hillary say anything when her own husband did worse than that??? Wouldnt that be calling the kettle black?
I'm sorry to say it, but it's a good thing that John Edwards lost his bid for the nomination so badly.
What he did to his wife is horrible, and what he would have done to the Democratic Party had he actually won the nomination – with this hanging over his head – would have destroyed the chances of a Democrat winning the White House almost as badly as Barack Obama having sleazed off with it.
John Edwards knew when he was running that he had this horrible mistake hanging over his head.
But even worse, Barack Obama ran a sleazy campaign to take what he did not earn and does not deserve knowing full well that he has no record of accomplishments and that he is an infinitely weaker candidate than is Hillary Clinton.
By enabling this unknown, inexperienced and unprincipled neophyte, the leadership of the Democratic Party has totally failed us all.
Disgraces all...
Knoxville
Yes CNN, let's give this full, non-stop coverage and ignore the Bush administrations constant illegal and unconstitutional actions. You people, as " journalists" should be ashamed at the lack of coverage given the astonishing abuses of this administration.
I hope the DNC has thoroughly checked out Obama because you never know what may be revealed. I don't trust him and maybe something like this may come out after he is officially selected the democratic candidate.
I wish the Edwards family success in getting this terrible mistake behind them. John Edwards is not the first and won't be the last to make such a mistake. As far as I am concerned, this is a personal thing for the Edwards family and the press should just leave them alone.
The media should be looking into Obama's past and maybe they will come up with something before the democrats make that mistake od officially making him their nominee at their convention. We don't want any surprises after the fact.
"I conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family". This sounds like our mayor here in Detroit.
Ok Russian and Georgia are basically at war and the country is proccupied with John Edwards getting some on the side, Baracks vacation and Paris' response to the wrinkly old dude..... this is truly sad.....I now see how GWB stole 8 years
do you think obama knew the edwards situation was being exposed today and maybe thats another reason he went on vacation so he wouldn't have to answer any questions about it.
Let it rest. Obviously this sucks for John Edwards and his family. He's come clean, let him be.
Hillary deserves the same respect as Elizabeth. I need her to do what she can to make sure that Obama is in the White House by Jan. 2009...
The only reason Mc??? had no comment, is because he has done it himself....plus, I really don't think it is anybodies business what goes on in someone else's private lives.....
Only remember to sweep off your own back porch first....
You left out Newt, the Gov. of New York ,Idaho Craig and shall we keep adding ?
He said I HAD an affair 2006 when it seems to be more than had "it was only hours ago his little Johnny was out and about during the midnight fling was it just looking the place over?
Time for McCain to admit his affairs...
Why does something as irrelevant to the political future of our country as this get so much more coverage than the things that are?
Are we really so entertained by scandal?
Well, the truly amazing thing is this guy actually had the nerve to run for President. Duh. Maybe that's why he pulled out. Oops, did I say that? I mean this lady was on his staff and...oops there I go again. How do I say this delicately? I mean Monica wasn't on Bill's staff as she was just an intern. She was close but no cigar. Oops, I did it again. Another Freudian slip. Bill and John should have stopped while they were ahead. Oh, geez I can't stop.....
I am so sick off CNN and the other "news" outlets anchors and reporters showing their "outrage" over this story. This is between John Edwards, his wife, and his family! Period! We've had nearly eight years of deception, half-truths, media manilpulations and a host of other "real stories" that could be reported on...but yet we focus on the sensationalism and gossip. In case you guys haven't notice – our troops are dying in droves in Iraq and Afghanistan, good people are losing their homes, Exxon has posted outrages profits on the backs of hard-working Americans, Russia is taking over Georgia, and all I saw on CNN this afternoon was "John Edwards had a SEXual affair!!!!!!! Wolf,and others- you are a sad commentary on real "journalism".
maybe they will catch Obama in a hot tub with some real doozie – get rid of the whole democratic bunch. Now that Hilary is selling out her supporters – get rid of them.
Edwards says he was "stripped bare". Yeah, no kidding. Does he mean recently or like back in 2006?
Other D screwed up..
I'm sure McCain wasn't about to make a comment about that one... considering his own history
and Hillary of course just gave the most generic answer you can possibly give.. because she was the victim of being cheated on.
Obama can actually comment on this because of all these polititions.. he's the only one who seems to be in a genuin relationship.
Of course McCaine has no comment and he better stay tight lipped because he don't want to be accuse of doing the same thing to his first wife....LOL
Hmmmm, John McCain had NO comment? I wonder why.....
This must be a new fad!! Have an affair and apologize. That makes it OK. Just when the Democrats have a chance for the White House, they never seem to disappoint me!!
Rabble-rousers – cut my comments
You all just stir and stir – you're not even the journalists that NI has.
Shame on you
McWarmonger left his crippled wife for a millionaire – leopards don't change their spots. He's still a womanizer!!!!!!
My thoughs and prayers are with Elizabeth and her kids.
I honestly don't have any respect for John Edwards now, I know this is none of our business and this is only between them, but for someone to have an affair while your spouse is fighting cancer, I am sorry but he is a son of a gun.
I am glad I voted for Senator Clinton and not John Edwards.
Delegate from California...
Let's hope Elizabeth has more intestinal fortitude than Hillary by divorcing Edwards. The women I know would ... no more wick dipping ! ! !
McCaun had better not say anything or his own affair mught come out!!! At least Edwards is holding his marriage together. McCaun divorced his injured wife and married the homewrecker!
What...Hillary comments but no mention of Bill?
This is an issue for the Edwards family to work out. NOT CNN.
CAN NOT BE A DEMOCRAT UNLESS YOU CHEAT ON YOUR WIFE AS IN CLINTON,JACKSON AND EDWARDS
yada yada yada...more democratic oops
Correction: it's "the Edwards family," NOT "the Edward's family," and, by the way, why should his personal behavior be national news? Whatever he did is his own business and it concerns him and his family.
Given the way everyone nowadays links personal no-nos to the party, I won't be surprised at any attempt. Both sides are just as bad. My only comment is that among his other faults, Edwards has really BAD taste.
McCain told reporters "I don't have any comment on that......Because he is guilty of cheating on his 1st wife ...........If this was about Senator Obama he would be bumping his gums .......and running some type of negative Ad ....Old HOG JAW!!!
Of course he was tight lipped! He is guilty of the same thing and now is not the time to remind everyone that he left his disabled wife for the wealthy beer hieress! Once a cheater, always a cheater. But, this is the real McCain. Obama 08
Russia is rebuilding the Soviet Empire as we speak and this is all you can talk about? Pathetic.
Not news .... stupidity.
CNN should re-print all the Obamites blogs proclaiming Obama/Edwards as THE TICKET.
Why would John McCain have any comment? He cheated on his first wife and left her after an accident and went for a younger, blonde, rich woman.
BFD (Big Freakin' Deal).
what is wrong having two wife or extral affair?
Does that make him a bad man?
I love Edwards, that is his private life.
Me too I have two extra !
that is the way God want it.
All hypocrites get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A man need more than one wife. that is the truth.
Learning of the affair reminded me of how Elizabeth Edwards always seemed to be more supportive of HRC than Obama, and the time where when John Edwards, talking of the nomination, spoke of the best "man" for the job, and Elizabeth said "or woman" and he repeated, "yes, or woman".
And Obama has a "bad habit" of calling women "sweetie". I'll vote BO because JM is worse, but I sure hope these male politicians, so uncomfortable seeing women as equals, take a little time to reflect on their self-centered, male-centric attitudes.
Maybe McCain was tight lipped because of his own extramarital affairs in the past!
McCain better not say anything about Edwards and the affair because McCain did the same thing with Cindy.
The Democrats won't suffer from this, given that Edwards does not currently hold public office, nor is he running for public office. It's a shame, though, that this happened.
The Clinton's and the McCain's can relate to what the Edward's are going through. Enough said.
You may as well take down your antichrist article – we want answers about the womanizer McShamewarmonger. What about his affairs?
Come on cnn – there has to be one (1) investigative journalist out there not employed by national enquirer.
I do not personaly care what John Edwards does but I know people who donate hard earned money to political campaigns and this is what happens to it they hire their girlfriends to waste it. I vote but would never doante a cent to a political canidate.
CNN. Be the better news channel and STOP coverage now. In the broad scheme of things, what does this matter. He is a two time loser as a presidential candidate that couldn't even win his own state. His philosophies are gross idealism, and he is just not someone that matters with all of the other important matters going on. His wife is battling cancer, and she doesn't need to be reminded of this day in and day out on top of everything else she is going through. Have a heart and spare the family that he hurt, and move on to McCain and Obama. Their "policies" are what should be discussed. Edward's goose is cooked. The son of a mill worker couldn't keep his pants on, and America doesn't need to know the details.
We don't want to wait until December to hear about the rest of them
Do some work for a change – earn your pay
DIG
Of Course, John McCain is tight lipped......
He had an extra-marital affair with his now current wife, given that he was still married.
Why isn't THIS fact brought out about him, given that he advertises himself to be "holier than thou".
He would be very smart to keep his stupid mouth shut, and unjudgemental.
Well what can McCain say , John Edwards was only following the lead of his elder Senator. These old guys(GOP & DEMS) like McCain have got to go they are poor images with corrupt life styles , money hungry, morally corrupt people not the images our kids need to be reading about as part of this countries history, not something to be proud of.
Politicians like McCain are part of our morally corrupt country and the so super religious evangelicals are going to throw away there so called morality to support him. I wonder how they will explain McCain this wife and family disserter to there kids when the kids want to do something similar and they remind them you voted for McCain. It will come back to haunt you, Are you what ever your religion maybe or a republican first.
I wonder how long did Hilliary Know about her husbands bang, bang boogy? Yes she had to know another one living a lie just to save political face.
Freedom of speech – now there are two articles about some idiot in this country wanting to kill the only intelligent candidate in this race.
Get real !!!!!!!
Freedom of speech – dig into the womanizer – quit covering the old wrinkley guy's butt.
Give us news – not the gossip we're getting.
OF COURSE! Because John McCain had an affair too while his first wife was laid up in the hospital! He doesnt want the media talking about HIS affair too!
Perhaps McCain just doesn't want to draw attention to his own affair?
McCain can't really talk..... glad he didn't.
Obama supporters' hateful and hypocritic comments about Hillary beginning in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Yeah, what about John Edwards? Obama supporters have been deriding Hillary for not appearing enough to campaign for Obama by having only 2 public showings and half a dozen private ones. I guess that means they must really hate Edwards too, since his only contribution to Obama's campaign was an endorsement AFTER his state's primary...
Oh, but double-standards are fashionable these days...
I'll bet McCain was tight lipped!!!
Obama-Edwards 2008.
Doesn't get any better (at lying) than this.
Yeah i wouldnt think Mccain would be making any comments on this matter seeing how his fling with Cindy left his ex wife hi and dry and disfigured.
Serve you right , Edwards! hope you bring Obama down with you too.
So, according to the media, when it's the Clintons, it's not just a public matter, but his cheating is clearly her fault.
But when it's Edwards, ooo, then we should forgive and forget, it's a private affair...
And people keep denying that sexism is rampant...
And now to return to reading all the hateful spin from Obama supporters, how Edwards' cheating is ALSO Hillary's fault somehow...
Of course McCain doesn't have a comment. He doesn't want anyone to mention that he did the same thing to his first wife. He cheated on her while she was sick, and got a quickie divorce and married Cindy the queen of beer.
If I was McCain, I would continue to keep my trap shut.
When one cheats and lies on the most sacred of vows, the marriage vows, that he makes to God and his wife what else will he lie about. He repeatedly denied having the affair and then when caught he said he had it back in 2006 and it was over. What was he doing in her hotel room just this past July? The man is an habitual liar and to think he wanted to be President! I'm sure there is a lot more ugliness that is going to surface in the next few days.
I sure feel for his kids though.
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Nice piece of investigating Kathryn….some of us blogger do more than the MSM does in presenting the facts. Hope you Obamabots read Kathryn's blog and see the double standard set by the Obama campaign.
Laura, Boston
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Yeah, nice piece of investigating... too bad you left out the part about how all of this happened in **2004**!!! I guess as long as there are idiots who will buy into this crap, there will be idiots who will keep bringing it up.
I wish to hear more about McBush affairs.
When it came up – media did NOT develope the story. And now you are researching Edwards deal under microscope.
Enough.
Go to McCain and give all details
Right Away.
Thank You
Hillary: Boys will be boys!
McCain is a disgusting pig.
Hillary Clinton – seasoned, experienced, mature. Hillary '08!
I never trusted John Edwards. He always seemed like some kind of snake-oil salesman to me. My other half told me I was too judgemental and had no reason to think ill of him. My Pisces intuition is still working.
John Edwards is a pig; right up there with Newt Gingrich. He doesn't need thoughts and prayers, he needs the Bobbit treatment.
Let's use this as a litmus test to see if the pundits and reporting media treat the Edwards the same as they treated the Clintons. If all democrats forgive Edwards and the pundits and media gloss over the affair, then it is just proof again, that all media coverage that goes on in the news is skewed, biased and very unbalanced against the Clintons.
And that make any success that the Clintons achieve, whether it be Bill or Hillary, all the more impressive, given what they have to work against.
And, silly me, I thought John Edwards was an empty suit.
Well, one wouldn't expect McSame to comment upon John Edwards infielity considering that McCaIn had an affair with Cindy BigBucks while he was married to his first wife whom he eventually left for the big donation from BigBucksBud corporation.
And once again, CNN blacklisted me, I guess because not enough of my comments are pro-Obama enough...
Hillary has a right to be ANGRY ! If Edwards had been honest or not run then Hillary would have picked up a large share of the votes that he received. The whole primary was WRONG. Hillary very well may have had more deligates than Obama. I was not a Hillary supporter but even I feel that she was the biggest loser in this deal next to Mrs. Edwards! To have an affair was not as wrong as intentionally lying to the american public and affecting the outcome of the primary vote.
Since John McCain also had an affair and divorced the wife who had supported him throughout his allegedly "heroic" days as a POW to marry a rich and not-too-far-from-a-bimbo socialite, is it any wonder that he has nothing to say?
Yeah.. McCain remains tight-lipped because if he doesn't want anyone bringing up the fact he is guilty of the same things Edwards is.
Sometimes I do wonder about the automatic filters on this website. Do they look for such phrases as 'Obama 08' before allowing to even make the comment to the editor?
For once Mccain knows when to keep his mouth shut LOL
EDwards, another example of a politician with money, influence the national spotlight and NO brains... no brains..what is wrong with our world?? ...and apologizing for one's behavior does not excuse the behavior..so are we on a sinking ship...
I think John McCain has the right idea on this one....."no comment".
Find me a politician who HASN'T had an affair, and tell me about it all day and night.....Cause that WOULD be news!
Edwards is not a saint. I hope this incident humbles him and brings him closer to God. God is ready with open arms, waiting to offer forgiveness.
THANK GOD HE DID NOT WIN THE NOMINATION AT ALL. I DO NOT THINK THIS WILL HURT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE OBAMA IS TO BIG A STAR FOR THAT TO HAPPEN
McCain did the same thing to his wife after she was disabled in a car accident. Why aren't we hearing about that?
He should be on McCain's VP list. That would make both of them having same qualifications.
Why is every story about Clinton again? Does CNN have a fetish going out of their way to ask her about everything unrelated to her?
How can she make a comment when her husband had an affair with a black woman back in the 1980's...
Best play nincompoop.
CNN, you have turned into trash television. Did the Enquirer purchase CNN.
Edwards admitted he had an affair, it over, his political career is over let Mrs. Edwards suffer in peace, I am sure her agony is tough enough without you dragging her pain, threw the rags of journalism,
Why John…why?
I think the reaction to the story about John Edwards' affair just reaffirms what a gossip mongering low-brow society we really are. So what if he had an affair? It's not the business of the entire country. It's not front page news, to be the number one story on Nightline. Every newspaper in the country will make this a front page story, and the people will go after the details like a hog after slop.
She can't say nothing with her husband adulterous affairs and a possible child with a black woman in the late 80's.
Just play nincompoop.
Both Senator Clinton and Senator McCain had the good grace to minimize their reactions to this story – for very different reasons.
I really, really, don't want to see this drawn out in the media. John Edwards is an intelligent person who has done so much work for the environment and this country. He is only responsible to his wife, in regard to this issue, and apparently, that has been resolved.
Please,CNN (as I know Fox news will pick apart every word and the entire background of the other woman), please just leave this alone-after the initial note/story.
There is more than enough real news to report.
Isn't it fun to see how hilary clinton is subtly throwing her name back into the occasional headline now? I don't like the woman but her and Bill are ridiculously good at politics. How perfect is that? She disappears after losing and acts gracious, and then she suddenly wants to be back on the ballot. How does she support this claim? Not with reasons, no the real one of those is that she wants to be President so bad. Hillary just comes at you by causing a media frenzy about petty but headline grabbing subjects. She's a crazy little snake about politics.
Its none of our business...
CNN you should have at least one story about the kind of reply we
Got from our two presidential candidates.
You have six article on John Edwards and none analyzing the reply of our next president.
I guess rating and quality don’t go hand in hand.
From a Human point of view, this is wrong because, I do not have the right to judge him. My prayer goes to his family especially to his wife who has undergone chemo for sometime now. This should be a warning for every married man. An affair is on thing but consequences out wieghts the risk. In Texas the bill board of DWI says "You can't afford."
I would expect McCain to be quiet...he is hardly one to comment on the virtues of marraige!
I mean, what's McCain gonna say, it was immoral when I did it, and it's even more immoral now? Let's move on to actual issues.
What a sad, sad fall from grace.
That said....of course McCain didn't say anything – didn't he take up with his current wife before ending the marriage to the first wife?
this is jaw dropping. I am so disappointed.
McCain knows better than to comment, he did the same thing when he returned from Nam, and Hillary doesn't want to go there cause it happened to her, except she's so power-hungry that she'll overlook all of Bill's forays in the interest of saying she's married to a former President.
How come everyone's having whoopy except me and Elisabeth. Okay, at least me, anyway???
John Edwards affair should have no bearing on the Dem party. This is a moral issue that he will have to answer for. His affair in no way, minimizes all the good he's done. He's still, in my opinion, a champion for the underpriviledged and should not have this one sin destroy his name.
We all should remember that although having an affair may not be our sin, but something surely is.
Ofcourse McCain has no comment. He might have been asked about the affair he had with his first wife. So.......... he dodge the question. Go figure.
ugh....I'm losing all faith in men. Geez.
Why not explain McCain's tight-lipped non-response? Everyone knows why he'd be mum on the subject. The treachery of McCain's extra marital affairs against his first wife are common knowledge, as is the reason for them. Like Elizabeth Edwards, McCain's first wife was in a very bad physical situation after a devastating car accident, and not the woman he left behind when he went off to play in Vietnam. McCain can be trusted just as much as Edwards or Gingrich, or any of the others in that situation.
At least Edwards resolved this with his wife, the only person he made this promise with. That is all I need to know. There was a satisfactory agreement in there, or else Elizabeth would have left. Error in judgement, but he's an intelligent guy, does a lot of good work, but, he is a person. I still believe, a family man.
McCain left his disabled wife for the person he was having an affair with- Cindy McCain. Who-though the odds are low- could be our First Lady- that coniving B***h! Now, that is HORRIBLE. If there is a news story to go over and over and over, that would be it. McCain is the lowest form of life....grrr..I can't even come up with the right words for what McShame did.
Well, for the road that Elizabeth is now taking, Hillary has certainly been on that road before. She responded with strength and grace then and she does so now.
John McCain of course didn't say anything because he's been on the same road John Edwards is taking- a politician who's had an extramarital affair.
It didn't hurt McCain's career much- he's running for president..
This is nothing but salacious reporting.
Why the heck would DEMOCRATS suffer because of this scandal? It's the Republican nominee - John McCain - who committed adultry, not Barack Obama. No wonder McCain was "tight-lipped" when asked for a comment.
What a ridiculous question to ask Hillary Clinton. A better question for McCain would be, "Do you think this scandal will remind voters of the adultry you comitted with your current wife, Cindy, when you were still married to and living with your wheelchair-bound first wife?"
To you, Elizabeth and John and Family of the Edwards, I and my many friends around our nation honor you and share our prayers and many good wishes. You have not changed. You have grown in actual and sanctifying grace! You have given to all of us how to be truthful in our dishonest lives and often in our political nation. You have asked us, all Americans to walk in the steps & lives of Integrity! We have read the lives of Abraham, David, Solomon and many of the great Spiritual Leaders who have told their stories of begging the Father's (Yahweh's)forgiveness for their transgressions of unfaithfulness. Not one of us is without transgression. John, you have honored Elizabeth and begged her forgiveness. You have honored your children. You are Blessed, John. You are Forgiven. May America (Republican and Democrat) forgive and forgettenL God bless you, John. Dios te bendiga! Tu Amigo y Compadre! Lorenzo
Has Barack Obama denied having an affair with Larry Sinclair?
who cares. mccain had an affair too.
Big deal..
John McCain was not tight lipped...he turned as white as his comb over...and RAN from the question like it was an energy bill that was against Big Oil....hahahahahaha
The Democrats dodged a bullet on this one. Waited until BO was safely tucked away in Hawaii and the Olympics were taking up most people's Friday evening. I imagine BO and Company told Edwards to "get it done" tonight.
It does make one wonder about the Democrats – they have a penchant for looking the other way at critical moments.
What else don't we know yet? And about whom?
Makes McCain look pretty good.
I think , no I know the United States and the world for that matter need to start thinking about other things which have nothing to do with the personal life of a single person or any family. Mr. Edwards should not have to tell the world of his family problems and should not be judged on anyting but the knowledge he has to make the world better and the United States of America work to bring it's government closer to taking care of all of its people. Yes, I would vote for him again and again. No, I would not ask him to tell anyone of his family's problems. I just want to believe our next president will work to bring our country together and stop the unjust world in which we live. Making each person significant and helping them to meet their goal in life is the only way.........................................!!!!!!!!! we should be moving. Think of the energy which could have been used in other directions had the press not even brought this to the worlds attention. If just one person could have been fed with the time and money it took to print and publish all the junk. WoW, The world would prosper.
John Edwards once said that his campaign was about "Standing up for the little people." He did just that and he has reap the rewards for his work.
John Edwards is such a disappointment
Of course Mccain was tight lipped about it. We wouldn't want the press drawing any parallels, would we?
And seriously, Democrats. Can we please stop attempting to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory? Is it so much to ask that everyone just keep it in their pants until the election is over?
Funny you should try to pull Hillary into this, am amazed that the media including CNN are now talking about this in relation to Bill Clinton-Monica scandal. How about the similarities with John McCain? McCain cheated on his first wife while she was sick and its a well documented fact that led to his divorce. Can you also discuss this? McCain always seems to somehow get favors from the media.
If youy should argue that Edwards knew this and yet ran for president, how about McCain? This skeleton does exist in McCain's closet too. What does that make him.
Alos, can you stop running picture of edwards with Obama, am sure there are plenty of Edwards clips that you can ran, unless ofcourse you are trying to create an image in people's heads.
To err is human to forgive is divine. His gentle wife Elizabeth forgave him, he felt sorry for the mistake he committed, so I believe that life has to go on. There are so many temptations in this world.
I'm afraid this isn't the only skeleton in the Democratic closet.
It's unfortunate about John Edwards affair. He should have made this knowledge public a long time ago. What or who is next?
There is also information out that Hillary Clinton has come sort of legal activity in California after the democratic convention. Also, that bill clinton has two biracial boys by women he had relations with when he was Governor of Arkansas. Any comment on these activities?
Now is the time for HRC to fully back Barack Obama, and keep her supporters in check.
When a republican goes down in flames there seems to be a lot of comments.
OK...no hysteria here. I am in the military and am not a Rep or a Dem. Pretty much mainstream. This should have no bearing on the election.
That said, any man who would do that to his wife is not a man. That shows an utter lack of respect to the person he swore too. Breaking your word is the hardest thing to overcome. And to add insult to injury, he did it while she was ooing through a period in her life which, while I cannot even guess or try to imagine how it feels, I know it it is difficult. I have a wife and three daughters. If any of my daughters were married to a man who did this, I would alientate them by saying "leave him" because they would say I didnt understand.
Leave the current politics out of it, but Mr. Edwards should have no input or say in any discussion about our nation's future. I am sure he and others will disagree by citining "this is personal". But see if Mr. Edwards can look anyone in the eye and say he is "for the people", "all about family", "etc". So when he answers a question about drilling for oil, nuclear energy, etc. do you believe his answer. Because if you will screw your wife over like this, then you will screw anyone you can find (no pun intended and no offense to the skank he was shagging)
Scratch Edwards from the VP list...
Of course John McCain was tight lipped; he doesn't want to start a public discussion about his relationship with Cindy, which began as an extramarital affair.
Why does the press protect him? That's something the press should make sure the entire electorate is fully aware of. Yet not a mention of it, even in this article.
Take back this election Hillary!!!
McCain didn't answer because he did the same thing on his ex-wife. He was cheating for almost a year before he divorced his ex-wife with Cindy. Ask Ronald and Nancy Reagan what they thought about McCain. It wasn't positive I guarantee you that.
No wonder McCain has "no comment".
McCain cannot but be tight-lipped. He left his real wife who by the way is still alive...because she was scarred by an accident, and married his mistress cindy.
I wonder how Evangelicals feel about that MAVERICK move!
I am disgusted by the hypocrisy of John Edwards and the Democratic Party.
If this had been a Republican, the press would have smeared the party. Let's see the press give equal; exposure to this disgraceful behavior.
Edwards might have been the Democartic nominee by a whisker. How could Edwards be so arrogant as to run for President with this in his past? It is indicative of the arogance of teh Democrats who are quick to criticize others, liek Senator Craig.
The Democratic Party is in disgrace
What do you expect Hillary to say about a man who messes around with other women? If she complains, it brings up her own mess at home, if she doesn't, she looks like she's complying with the activity, probably because she's used to it. The shame of it all is that we still have to endure her and her husband in the public eye, both thinking they're invaluable to the American people for some strange reason. They all need to go away and leave the rest of us alone.
Only an ignoramus would connect the party with the private affairs of a man and a woman, even if it was an adulterous affair. Now, if, as a member of congress, he'd voted for discriminatory legislation against gays and was then found to have engaged in illegal homosexual acts but denied any wrongdoing, we might have to connect the dots and denounce him as a hypocrite. But to then say that the entire party was hypocritical for their stance against equal rights for gays as the result of the hypocritical and homophobic actions of one or two or three or even a thousand or more of the closeted homosexual members of that party, that's going too far.
Now he joins the ranks of the Washington elite with sex scandals...
Bill Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Eliot Spitzer
Gary Hart
James E. McGreevey
Wilbur D. Mills
Gary Condit
Kwame Kilpatrick
Larry Craig
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Rudi Giuliani
George Bush, Sr.
Bob Dole
Tim Hutchinson
Henry Hyde
Bob Packwood
Richard Curtis
Randall L. Tobias
Mark Foley
and more... and these are only the ones we've found out about!!
Actually... Kwame doesn't count! I just threw him in there because his scandals are just as big as any of the other people on the list....
Zip it, Hilary!
You are a mere surrogate, remember?
No comment is an option. Use it!
Stay on message and don't allow yourself to be distracted. The opponents would love to divert attention to irrelevancies.
Allow the Edwards to talk about their PRIVATE affairs if they wish.
You have nothing to add.
If you feel for the Edwards, you can say it PRIVATELY.
Stop feeding the insatiable media alligators over someone else PRIVATE FAMILY affairs.
Ia this a joke, after her husband behavior over the years!!! Ha, ha, ha
Mrs. Clinton should get away from Obama, Edwards, the crazy church,
the crazy minister, the empty words and all the other nothingness that
is the Obama campaign. She has a shot at the nomination now and
should step quietly around the Obama wreck.
So a politician looks you in the eye.
And lies. Repeatedly.
You then TRUST the person?!
It doesn't make a difference if the lie is about an affair, a war, policy, or anything else. It doesn't make a difference if it's a Republican or Democrat. It doesn't make a difference what else is going on in the world.
You can't trust a liar. You don't want a liar to your President. You'd think people learn this after the past several years...but no.
Why ask Mccain? this is really an uncomfortable issue for him, his own sins is always by his right side and staring into his eyes whenever he's giving a speech. What an uncomfortable way to be reminded of ones past, Edwards, why now?
ABSOLUTELY.....
NO...
COMMENT....
Private! Private!! Private!!! Matter.....
That is it Period!
If the citizens in this country were as concerned about how our government operates as they are about individuals' sexual prowess we would be in much better shape right now. Sadly, if the sex lives of all our presidents - past as well as present, as well that of all the "hopefuls" - were exposed on TV and the internet, I doubt there would be any saints to extol. With the failing condition in which we presently find every area of our government I strongly suggest that we take care of first things first!
What in the world does John Edwards' infidelity have to do, other than ending his political career, with the curremt Obama vs. McCain fight for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency? Other, perhaps - and this wouldn't surprise me at all - to see a McCain supportive TV ad hinting that it was Obama and his nefarious agents who acted as pimps to set up the whole affair.
MEN ARE GREEDY AND NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE ONE THEY ARE WITH.
Ha, ha ha. What a joke. Clinton should know all about affairs. And he is going to speak at the DNC. Pathetic.
First it was Clinton then Edwards is Obama next?
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Pray for the Edwards family.
He is human and we all make mistakes. Had he not been in the spot lighgt it would be no big deal. We are all human. I have been married and I was cheated on and no body ever made it fromt line news on CNN. My god let Mr. Edwards and his family deal with it but the whole population doesnt need to be apart of what he did. Let him be and let him and his family deal with it. If we have nothing better to talk about than this we have to many news stations. My God talk about the good things that happen and not worry so much about bring someone down. Its the news people who are wrong for making it a big deal. How many times has the person who broke this story had an realtions with somebody else that who they where with?
I can't Imagine how hard it is for the Edwards' It was probably just as hard for Hillary. My ex bf did the same to me. Thank god it wasn't in the national spotlight I would have been devastated. My thoughts are with the Edwards family. And as a Hillary supporter some food for thought for other Hillary supporters: vote for the green party if you can in your state. I can't and I am just going to write her name in if she isn't picked for VP. To the anti-Hillary people: I am not doing it out of anger, I honestly do not trust Obama in the oval office. And I donate to pay off her debt monthly.
Obama-Edwards 2008.
Doesn't get any better (at lying) than this. Actually, doesn't get any more disgusting than this. Listen, Democrats, morality is not optional.
What "moderation" would you like before you send out my comment? I mean, who could possibly blame McCain personally for such an unfounded suggestion? After all, he is only 100 % in charge of his own compaighn.
But whatthehell, obviously what I have to say is politically incorrect (McCain using political innuendons? Unthinkable!!!) So I don't expect ever to see any more of these thoughts on this program.
I still enjoy watching your programming whenever I can't.
John McCain better not "comment on that". It would be the pot calling the kettle black. I wonder why his previous affairs haven't been brought out. On the other hand.....why are we bothered with any of these affairs. We already know that a lot of the politicians are not accountable for their actions and feel very entitled to do whatever they please while spouting morality. Since that's a given, and so many of them are doing such things, I have to wonder why it's such big news, or even such a surpirsing scandal.
The Edwards affair will have a negative impact on his public image. Clinton and Jackson committed adultery and now this guy. The downside is this chick was't even worth it!
JFK was fooling around with Marilyn Monroe. Two thumbs up for that guy!
Both Clinton and McCain know that they are not perfect either, so their comments were very appropriate. John Edwards is the one who lied and is still lying about why he was at the hotel with his so called former mistress. He should do a paternity test to silence the question about the baby girls father. Obama's comments were also appropriate, but everyone thinks he is perfect, just like JFK.
It is alright for McCain to have a lot affairs on his first wife and even
having affairs with Cindy while he was still married to the other.
Don't tell me.you didn't know about it. It was on TV a few years back.
They say on the news that Edwards will never be in public office
again because of his affair.
I guess no one can talk about McCain affairs. Also anything like the KEATING SCANDEL and the votes in the sentate. I guess it's
must be he is a hero from 50 years ago. He won't let anybody forget
that . Don't let any body know that McCain has the worst recored
in the senate on helping the Vets.
By the way I'm a Independet !!!!