Doomed: Edwards Says He Lied, Had Affair

By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS/ABC News ~ John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

[Democratic Party insiders were quoted as saying the admission dooms any chance Edwards had of being selected as Barack Obama's running mate, and likely dooms any chance Edwards had of being named to an Obama cabinet if he's elected president.]

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby's birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.

Watch more tonight on "World News" at 6:30 p.m. ET and the full interview tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. ET.

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