DMR: Elizabeth Edwards: Children may join campaign (next fall, hire tutor)

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Elizabeth Edwards: Children may join campaign
Edwards children may leave school, have tutor

By TONY LEYS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER

March 30, 2007

Iowans probably will see a lot of John Edwards’ family over the next year, his wife, Elizabeth, said today.

The couple plan to pull their two youngest children from school next fall and bring them along on the presidential campaign trail, Elizabeth Edwards said.

The Edwardses already were considering the move before last week, when she learned her breast cancer had returned and become incurable. Because of that news, she said, she and her husband are more determined to keep the children, Emma Claire, 8, and Jack, 6, close at hand.

“Selfishly, we love being with them,” she said, in a telephone interview from her North Carolina home.

Edwards said she and her husband would hire a full-time tutor to travel with the family. The experience would be an unforgettable educational opportunity, she said, adding that other families have taken their children out of school for mission trips or sailing voyages around the world.

http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS/70330035/1001&lead=1

[illinoisprogressive]

1. I kind of figured they would do that.

[tblue]

2. I just wish them all the best. Whatever is best for their family is okay with me.

[madfloridian]

8. I feel the same way. I admire both of them.

:hi:

[goclark]

3. Love them so much! nt

[Truthiness Inspector]

4. Mrs. Edwards' quote

about it being selfish to want to be with her children...nothing selfish at all about that! I think her kids will cherish the time spent with her.

[Erika]

5. What a classy lady

She is so inspiring.

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6. I agree.

[Clarkie1]

7. It will be a good experience for them. nt