Despite Wife's Cancer, Edwards To Forge Ahead

WASHINGTON — Democrat John Edwards said yesterday that his presidential campaign "goes on strongly" in the face of a repeat cancer diagnosis for his wife, Elizabeth, a somber development that thrust his White House bid into uncharted territory. The couple said Elizabeth Edwards's breast cancer had spread to her bone.

"The bottom line is, her cancer is back," said John Edwards, the 2004 vice presidential nominee and former senator, at a news conference in their hometown of Chapel Hill, N.C.

"We are very optimistic about this," he said.