John Edwards' Pre-Christmas Gift: Building Houses in El Salvador

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Former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, whose political standing crashed and burned with his admission of an extramarital affair, may have found a new calling. Edward spent three days in El Salvador the week before Christmas helping to build homes for the needy, Politico reports.

It was Edwards' third trip to the Central American nation this year to help with the project, launched by Homes From the Heart, a Christian housing organization. "I think he's pretty damn sincere," said Michael Bonderer, the group's founder. "There's nothing to lead me to believe he's phony about any of it."

Edwards worked with American college students who were also volunteering at the site, located about 30 miles outside San Salvador, the capital.

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