Well at least he has excellent health insurance, provided by us, USA tax payers! I'm sure that with the right testing, any politician of Edwards' age can be diagnosed with something that could delay a court hearing. How convenient for him.

My father had heart surgery, a quad bypass, and lived another 17 years. Dave Letterman and Bill Clinton had surgery and are doing fine now too. I'm sure Edwards will recover just as well and be fine and dandy for his hearing, and be fit as a fiddle for prison. Wah wah wah.....

I dunno ... seems to be coming at an interesting time. Wonder if it's true. I guess a court would look into it really well so it must be. I hope this doesn't get him any sympathy from the judge or jury. And like the previous poster said - I wasn't aware that he even had a heart ...