The Worst Part of the Edwards Case

By Amy Davidson, Close Read blog @ The New Yorker, June 3, 2011

What is the most dispiriting part of the John Edwards case, in which a grand jury handed down a six-count indictment Friday? It’s so hard to choose. There’s the betrayal of his wife (who was dying of cancer) and that of his supporters (drawn to his anti-poverty agenda); the plasticine nature of his supposed ideals; his blank denial that he was the father of his youngest daughter; his request that Andrew Young, one of his campaign aides (known in the indictment as Person A), claim paternity instead; that Young, and his wife, agreed; the tens of thousands of dollars spent on charter flights and hotels to stash the Youngs and the baby’s mother, Rielle Hunter (a.k.a. Person B), in several different states; the realization that the National Enquirer was the only paper with the real story; the ramblings of Hunter; this note, quoted in the indictment, from Rachel Lowe Lambert Mellon (known in the world as Bunny, though prosecutors designate her Person C):.....

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