For those of you without access to a TV or streaming video, John and Elizabeth Edwards held a news conference around 1PM. As has been speculated, Elizabeth’s breast cancer has made a recurrence. For the time being, Sen. Edwards is going to continue to campaign while shuttling between his wife’s treatments.

Breast cancer is one of those diseases that it’s absolutely impossible to predict the future. One of our favorite bloggers, Jane at Firedoglake, has experienced repeated bouts with the disease, and just about everyone has been touched in some respect (friend or family) by breast cancer.

I’m not so sure I could make the same decision as Sen. Edwards, but Elizabeth has been John’s most vocal advocate. She knows what’s at stake, not only for her but the country, and this amazing woman won’t let her husband quit.

We wish her the best.

adding… Over the past few hours, I’ve overheard a few conversations at work, and read a couple of online comments, that the Edwards’ campaign is now “reaching for the sympathy vote”. Here’s a sample comment from Politico:

As a cancer survivor, it pains me that the Edwards have decided it is already time for the sympathy vote. These two people are both egotistical, slimy lawyers who have no souls nor ethics. I am sorry her cancer has returned, but there was simply no reason to hold a press conference to announce it but say “the show will go on.”

VRWC slime knows no bounds…