With the Edwards’ press conference scheduled to start shortly, Politico is reporting that Edwards will “suspend” his campaign and “may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004.”

“At a minimum he’s going to suspend” the campaign, the source said. “Nobody knows precisely how serious her recurrence is. It’ll be another couple of days before there’s complete clarity.”

“For him right now he has one priority which is her health and the security of the two young children,” said the friend.

As for the campaign, “You don’t shut this machine off completely, but everything will go on hold.”

More to come… MSNBC has a link for live video when the presser starts.

Andrew Sullivan on the Daily Dish notes on the scoop from Politico, “Sorry, Ms Coulter. But this man will be remembered for a character you do not even want to possess.”

Memeorandum has all the buzz.

UPDATE: Politico is now reporting…

Edwards staffers are pushing back very hard.

“Anything you are getting from someone claiming to know right now is not true – anyone claiming to know something right now is making it up. There is no information from this campaign until John and Elizabeth speak at noon,” says spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield.

Still waiting on the presser to start…

UPDATE 2: Presser on…

Elizabeth Edwards cancer has returned. The cancer has gone from breast to bone. It’s no longer curable, but treatable. The Edwards are optimistic.

EDWARDS: “The campaign goes on.”

UPDATE 3: Ben Smith on Politico offers mea culpa for “Getting It Wrong.”

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