in general, when a man doesn't stand up, the woman is often seen as a witch on wheels, often ville lee fiedppened to me. >> but you were talking about elizabeth? >> no. i'm talking about a relationship. >> who else did he have in his life who could possibly be seen as a witch on wheels? >> i'm seen as a witch on wheels. i'm talking about a relationship in general. >> a lot of the flack that you've been getting is because of the descriptive phrases that you've been using about elizabeth. do you regret now putting this stuff in, given the way the media has latched on to it? do you accept that when someone is dead and can't answer back it looks graceless? >> i accept it looks graceless. my intention is not to bash elizabeth edwards. it was never my intention. my intention was to tell the truth of the story for the six years that i saw it, through my eyes. i saw elizabeth through the eyes of john edwards. he would tell me things. other people would tell me things. i only met elizabeth once. >> so you base everything in the book that you say about her on what john edwards told you? >> well, when