Edwin Edwards shows no sense of guilt
by Stephanie Grace - Times-Picayune (excerpt)

I admit that I was anticipating the Edwin Edwards post-prison, post-halfway house tour as much as any political junkie. I was ready to marvel at the spectacle of it all -- to laugh at the silver-tongued governor's jokes, to roll my eyes at his politically incorrect sexual innuendos, to revisit the not-so-distant era when Louisiana's politicians were brazenly flamboyant, not earnest and technocratic. Yet now that Edwards is back in our midst, it feels like something important is missing. The truth is that Edwards' reemergence after eight years in prison for gambling corruption, as entertaining as it promises to be, would go down a little more easily if it were accompanied by a spoonful of remorse. As he spoke to reporters last week with his new young fiancee at his side, the 83-year-old Edwards made it clear that he wouldn't be seeking redemption because he doesn't believe he needs it.