ed wars was worried thather, she w when she died, there would not be a man around her who loved her.enator edwards having an affair. she didn't think if the story was true, his campaign for president would be able to survive, because the story got right to the heart of what people liked about him. palmieri said she was summoned to a meeting in a hotel room in davenport iowa attended by both edwardss and wealthy trial lawyer, baron and his wife. he was one of the wealthy ben factors that gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to cover up the affair. by the time of the meeting in late 2007, much of the story was in the process of being revealed. when she got to the meeting, elizabeth edwards was very upset because baron and lisa blue had been in contact with rielle hunter. palmieri testified, quote, edwards thought they were proactively inserting edwards into the situation and it made them look nmore guilty. they explained they were trying to help kim his friends close and enemies closer. kieran shanahan. >> they said, miss hunter is a loose cannon. she may go to the press. wendy