John Edwards is Elmer Gantry

"The last thing you want to do is become the Elmer Gantry of the 2008 election cycle," said former Rep. David Nagle, D-Iowa, referring to the fraudulent preacher depicted in Sinclair Lewis' novel. "His [John Edwards] opponents are trying to paint him as Elmer Gantry, and some of that paint is hanging on the canvas."

- AP/Forbes (read full story here)