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John Edwards of North Carolina, former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate, admits in a written statement to NBC's "Today" that he is the father of his former mistress Rielle Hunter's baby, Frances Quinn Hunter: "I am Quinn's father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter."