Former North Carolina Senator and 2004 Democratic candidate for vice-president John Edwards has reportedly been calling close supporters asking them to forgive him for lying about his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter.New York Daily News: Edwards Calling Staffers Asking for Forgiveness (August 26, 2008) In an interview with Edwards that aired on Nightline on August 8, 2008, the former presidential candidate admitted that he had lied about the affair while on the campaign trail, but denied being the father of Hunter's child.News.com.au: John Edwards Had Affair While Wife Had Cancer (August 9, 2008)

• "In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness."News.com.au: John Edwards Had Affair While Wife Had Cancer (August 9, 2008)

• "If you want to beat me up - feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help."News.com.au: John Edwards Had Affair While Wife Had Cancer (August 9, 2008)