So it turns out that some top-level Edwards staffers (JOE TRIPPI???) were prepared to go public with news about their boss's affair if it looked like he was in danger of actually winning the Democratic nomination. Thus: nobody ever had to worry about him ruining the party, because his own double-crossing employees would have ratted him out first.
Edwards Aides Were Two-Timers, Also
Edwards Aides Were Two-Timers, Also
Edwards Aides Were Two-Timers, Also
So it turns out that some top-level Edwards staffers (JOE TRIPPI???) were prepared to go public with news about their boss's affair if it looked like he was in danger of actually winning the Democratic nomination. Thus: nobody ever had to worry about him ruining the party, because his own double-crossing employees would have ratted him out first.