We're more than a year out from the Convention.  Taking a half-day off from vocally advocating for our primary candidates of choice is not going to negatively affect any of the campaigns.

There is something much more important to focus on right now.

So I'm calling for an immediate cease-fire among all Presidential campaign supporters.  

For the sake of decency, let's take the next twelve hours and change to offer prayers/good wishes/positive vibrations/etc. to John and Elizabeth Edwards and their children, and put aside our intraparty squabbling for just a moment, in recognition of the fact that our candidates are human, and the family of one of them might be hurting greatly tonight.

The health of a candidate's spouse is not a political issue--shouldn't we show our candidates' families the support they need when adversity strikes them?  They give up so much of their lives and time to promote our party's image and ideals.  The least we can do is take a little time out of our activism to recognize those who carry our standard when they are in times of need or despair.

I join Kos and Jonathan in hoping that this turns out to be a false alarm, and that Elizabeth is in good health.  If she is otherwise, then I offer my prayers for her speedy return to health, and Senator Edwards's return to the campaign trail.