Elizabeth Edwards Standing by Husband After Affair

August 11, 2008 - 3:14 ET

Elizabeth Edwards says it wasn't easy to find out about her husband John's extramarital affair in 2006 but after a what she called a "long and painful process," his family is supporting him.
 
 In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Edwards calls her husband's affair was a "terrible mistake." But she says the healing process was "oddly made somewhat easier" after her diagnosis of breast cancer in March 2007.
 
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