New York, NY - Former presidential candidate John Edwards told Brian Williams of NBC News that in addition to carrying on an affair with amateur filmmaker Rielle Hunter in 2006, he also had a tryst with fellow Democrat Dennis Kucinich the following year. Edwards said he only slept with Kucinich once, and that it was "over almost before it started." Kucinich, who has been married to wife Elizabeth since 2005, had no comment.
Edwards, who revealed to ABC News last week that he was engaged in an affair with Ms. Hunter while she was filming web video spots for his campaign in 2006, and he said the affair with Kucinich occurred during the fall of 2007, when both were still candidates for president.

"We were seeing a lot of each other, during the debates and what have you," Edwards said. "And it just...it was just undeniable, the attraction I felt for him. His commitment, his fire. His courage. And he's shorter than me, which for some reason increased my attraction to him. I can't really explain that. I just know it's true."

While Kucinich had no official comment, a letter apparently written from Edwards to Kucinich during the time of their affair was leaked to the press. The letter appears to imply that Kucinich put a halt to the affair, and that Edwards was forced to resign himself to that fact. The letter is signed "J.E.," and Edwards has not denied being its author.

"Dennis, when I go to bed at night, I think of you, and you alone," The note reads. "Not the poor people, not the Two Americas. You. When you speak of impeachment, my heart can't hold itself back. I know you've made a different choice, and I'll honor that choice as best I can. But that doesn't mean I won't think of you every day. It doesn't mean I wouldn't do anything, ANYTHING to win you back, if I thought I could change your mind. Even if it meant confronting that Amazon woman you're married to, I would do it, if it meant you'd return the feelings I have for you. But then, it's one of the reasons I feel for you as strongly as I do: You don't change your mind. You stick to your guns. You're my adorable, compact firebrand, and you always will be. You'll always hold a piece of my heart."

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