The most endearing moment of this Edwards press conference: As Elizabeth Edwards was describing how she managed to break a rib – the cause of the pain that lead her to get medical treatment which ultimately revealed the cancer – Mrs. Edwards recounted her husband hugging her, the point at which she noticed something wrong with her..

After she went through the details, John Edwards jumped in and said, “actually, I was beating her,” as he made a ridiculous arm and hand motion, looking clearly like a guy who wouldn’t even know how to hit his wife. It was a playful, endearing moment, the kind that one imagines helps a couple that has some real love between them get through yet another painful family time. The Edwards family has had more than their share of those hard times.

Anyway, it’s not all about politics, ya know?