John and Elizabeth Edwards during the 2008 presidential campaign. (CNN) – Despite John Edwards' extramarital affair that rocked his marriage, his wife described their union as a "love story," albeit an unconventional one. Elizabeth Edwards told WJLA-TV in Washington late last week she wants her marriage to work, and that her husband has been supportive as she continues to battle breast cancer. "John said, 'Perhaps not the great love story that we hoped, but maybe a ...