but john edwards, john "six felony indictments" edwards, "the national enquirer" hiding the secret familybeverly hills hotel, lying over and over again, and then admitting finally in a press release, trying to make a campaign staffer take the blame, saying he was the father instead of john edwards being the father. right up there in the pantheon of reasons why vice presidential nominees should be decided than one guy deciding on his own is the terrible, terrible example of john edwards. the other terrible legacy of john edwards is that john edwards is a really common name. and if you are a democratic politician, say, you're like a democratic politician, white guy, from the south, who's a good-looking, great smile senator with a bright future ahead of him, it must be a drag to also be named john edwards. but virginia state senator john edwards of roanoke is reclaiming the name john edwards in democratic politics, and for the zillions of guys all over the country who have been saddled with the name which makes every wonder whether you're sleeping with your videographer, also, what's a video