Per our discussion on Kerry and Edwards' finances in lieu of claiming to fight for the little guy, here's an overview of Edwards' finances (via the New York Times) in which we learn:

The Kerry-Edwards Democratic presidential campaign released Mr. Edwards's income figures in a statement yesterday in response to questions about the taxes he paid after he created a tax shelter in 1995.

Mr. Edwards paid $9,353,448 in federal taxes on his income of $26,869,496, but the shelter allowed him to avoid paying $591,112 in Medicare tax, the figures provided by the campaign show.

Hey, it's only a half a million bucks...