John Edwards rolled out the old pig Liz Edwards at noontime using her to get a quick free hour of national TV time. As most imagined, he made sure not to schedule the press conference at the steps of his new mansion. Sure is ironic that the man who made $millions suing doctors and hospitals now needs a doctor and hospital to treat his fat pig wife. During his 20 years of suing doctors and hospitals, he pioneered the art of blaming psychiatrists for patients who commit suicide and blaming doctors for delivering babies with cerebral palsy, according to doctors, fellow lawyers and legal observers who followed Mr. Edwards' career in North Carolina. "The John Edwards we know crushed [obstetrics, gynecology] and neurosurgery in North Carolina," said Dr. Craig VanDerVeer, a Charlotte neurosurgeon. "As a result, thousands of patients lost their health care." One of his most noted victories was a $23 million settlement he got from a 1995 case — his last before joining the Senate — in which he sued the doctor, gynecological clinic, anesthesiologist and hospital involved in the birth of Bailey Griffin, who had cerebral palsy and other medical problems. Linking complications during childbirth to cerebral palsy became a specialty for Mr. Edwards. In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published a joint study that cast serious doubt on whether events at childbirth cause cerebral palsy. The "vast majority" of cerebral palsy cases originate long before childbirth, according to the study. Elizabeth Edwards, you deserve cancer for the rotten selfish actions of your family.