Former presidential contender John Edwards has been largely in hiding since admitting last August to an extramarital affair with a woman who later worked for
“„He said that for all the trauma that came of the 2008 campaign, he is not ready to declare that it had been a mistake to run, calling that a “very complex question.” He believed, he said, that he had pushed Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in a more progressive direction on issues including health care — Edwards was the first to propose an individual insurance mandate — and that the value of his having run will be determined partly by what Obama achieves on these fronts.
“„“Did it make sense to run and stay in the race? Time will tell,” he said.