"What if John Edwards worked at Wal-Mart?"

It's just the right question.

Pundits opine over whether or not John Edwards should suspend his presidential campaign in the face of his wife's recurrence of cancer -- a personal decision that's none of our business. But here's something that is our business, every one of us: what happens when ordinary workers' loved ones become sick with cancer, or for that matter, the flu?

Read the whole thing here. Go on now, it's short.

Hat tip to the always useful Cursor.