Casting the 'John Edwards' movie: Top six suggestions

Best-selling John Edwards exposé "The Politician" may soon become a feature film. Who should play the disgraced Democrat?

John Edwards has a "striking" physique, according to a source who claims to have seen the former presidential candidate's sex tape.
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So much for John Edwards' image rehab: The Politician, the Edwards' tell-all written by former aide Andrew Young, may soon be adapted for the big screen. Young recently signed with Hollywood "superagent" Ari Emaneul and new reports indicate that West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin may pen the screenplay. The blogosphere weighs in on the burning (if premature) question: Who should portray the precisely coiffed, onetime "presidential" cheater:

1. Tom Cruise

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