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I love how this is being turned into a political thing on both sides. Some of the posts in this thread make it seem like its just the Republicans criticizing Edwards, and it's not.
Whether or not he cheated doesn't really matter, but the perception of a guy who would cheat on his cancer-stricken wife isn't a good one, and that's the kind of thing that tends to kill political careers. McCain's screw-ups were 30 years ago, when the media didn't scrutinize politicians' personal lives to quite this degree. If he gets caught cheating on Cindy McCain now, he'll get the same type of public flogging that Edwards is suffering. His cheating was no better, no worse; the public reaction is all a matter of the era in which it occurred.
I disagree with the idea that McCain is getting a free pass on this, and that Uygar column seems to be short-sighted to the point of hilarity. This has to be a political thing, because lord knows no one thinks of Giuliani as some sort of cheater/dirtbag, right?
I don't think Edwards killed his political career here. I think he killed it when he hooked up with the Kerry campaign. In all likelihood, this whole affair will be forgotten in a few years when Edwards is making a boatload of money on the speaking circuit, and as counsel to some big law firm.
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