Does whether or not one trusts John Edwards depend on how one grew up?

[smokey nj]

I've been reading all the posts in the "Honest to God. John Edwards gets it..." thread and it got me wondering. In response to IsItJustMe's moving account of how s/he grew up, many other posters told their own stories of growing up in poverty and all of them support John Edwards and seem to have no doubt about his committment to fighting poverty. I find myself wondering now about the life experiences of all the naysayers who go on about his haircut and the big house and use them to defend their accusations that John Edwards is merely a pandering phoney.

Here's a link to the thread if you haven't seen it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4154805&mesg_id=4154805