Ms. Edwards showed courage and optimism despite fraulein Couric’s death sentence meted out on Sixty Minutes-the Katie sellout edition. Elizabeth pointed out our common mortality, a statement that went right over Couric’s head and most of the viewers’ as well. We laud the sage wisdom of Elizabeth Edwards and wish her many beautiful sunrises.

John and Elizabeth Edwards are one of the very few candidate couples running who feel like “real” people. They haven’t let their money and fame get in the way of their humanity. The criticism of John Edwards for continuing his race is astounding. His wife is his biggest fan and wants him to continue the fight. It gives her that much more reason to want to live. Edwards and a very few others would be such a refreshing change from the current cast of characters running our government. We should all thank them for continuing the fight to make our country a better place.

That U Tube thing was a looped tape, I thought.

No?

If Edwards did NOT endlessly repeat the same expressions and gestures, it is only fair to mention that.

18 minutes of tape missing, 18 minutes of tape added—plus ca change ...

I admire the Edwards’ grace in dealing with their difficult news in the political limelight. I hope their and Tony Snow’s situations will increase awareness of the many U. S. families who are facing the same awful decisions without health insurance or a choice to work or retire in the face of treatment. Alas, even Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Snow, with all their resources, might have benefitted if monies wasted on wars had been directed toward a national policy of aggressive cancer prevention and envirnomental health. I wish the Edwards and Snows the best and hope our country gets its priorities turned around.

Has anyone else noticed the resounding silence from Ann Coulter? I imagine someone has her tied up in a corner, with a gag over her mouth.

Is it too soon to comment that there are many, many women in the U.S. with cancer who do not have health insurance and have no access to medical technology? Or to doctors?

John and Elizabeth Edwards know this. My friends and I are counting on their continued and outspoken passion for universal health coverage.

Blessings to Elizabeth.

I always thought Edwards was given a raw deal just for being a good-looking man—it’s a curse we have to endure!

Now maybe he’ll be taken seriously.

I’m not particularly partial to him among the Dems, but I’d be just as happy with him as most of the others.

I suspect their motivation is that she really wants to see him as President and doesn’t expect to live long enough if he waits for 2012 or 2016.

I guess I must be the only person on the planet who isn’t clairvoyant because I don’t believe anyone of average abilities could possibly discern the qualities of character and motivations being so categorically attributed to the Edwardses by Ms. Goodman and so many others.

“Her husband’s decision says less about unbridled ambition than about a sense of mission.”
How can anyone possibly know this?

“The truth is that the Edwardses made their decision the way we all do. We make choices based on who we are and what we believe and what is important to us. It is not simply a mathematical equation, it is a narrative. It’s not just a matter of medical calculation, it contains the arc of memoir.”

What?

By all accounts, the Edwardses got the news on Wednesday, had a new conference on Thursday and had an interview broadcast Sunday on “60 Minutes”.

They may, in fact, be remarkable people but there have been strong, intelligent individuals among those I have known who have received similar diagnoses and not one of them were making major decisions that quickly.

Regardless, how can anyone have any kind of an opinion on the Edwardses’ decisions, positive or negative, in regard to an emotionally charged issue as represented in the media’s rush to get something in next news cycle?

I just hope the Edwardses do, in the end, make decisions that stand them in good stead whatever their future holds.

The Edwards are showing a beautiful grace under fire. I would only hope that I have half the strength and grace of these two people show. Thanks for the story.

Our family is currently going through the same medical situation with a beloved young mother whose breast cancer has moved into her bones and liver.  She also has two small children.  No one can possibly know exactly what this is like unless they are living the situation.  No one should make judgments about the decision of the Edwards family as to how they choose to deal with this very personal family crisis.  Simply pray for both Elizabeth and her family to have the strength, courage and hope to continue on the path they have chosen.  Send them love.

Ellen;
Your gracious words speak for so many of us who have been moved by the Edwards’ tragedy and courage in the face of it.

When highly respected, new-age “pamphleteers” like yourself provide such personal and heartfelt insight and opinions, it gives the rest of us comfort.

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you have done, you are one of the icons of this historic information age.

How many people will die before Elizabeth’s cancer takes her life? No one knows for sure when their time will come. How you live life is who you are. Elizabeth and John Edwards made the choice that is best for them. The rest of us don’t get to choose for them. Only for ourselves. I hope that if I was in Elizabeth’s shoes I would have the same courage and grace.

Well spoken, and thank you for saying it.