'But even at that I don't know if I'd have lost had I been caught,' Edwards said.
'I like to say well maybe so, but now it's rusty zipper.'ĭespite repeated allegations of corruption that netted those around him, Edwards appeared for a time above the fray, able to navigate an ethical tightrope even with the feds on his trail.Įver confident in his political tenacity, he famously quipped the only way he'd get beat was if he were caught with a 'dead woman or a live boy.' 'People talk about me, and out of that came things like 'silver zipper,' ' he told NPR in 2014.
