Fred Thompson and John Edwards Should Talk

If they weren't total opposites on the issues, Republican Fred Thompson (the actor from Law and Order) and Democrat John Edwards might be buddies. I can imagine them having a heart-to-heart about:

1. Getting through law school and passing the bar exam.
   
   
2. Senatoring (I know; it's not a word) in the South (Edwards, North Carolina; Thompson, Tennessee).
   
   
3. Fathering four children; three living. Edwards lost Wade in 1996 (freak car accident), and Fred lost Betsy in 2002 (accidental prescription drug overdose). Sadness.
   
   
4. Spending time with adult children (Fred Dalton Thompson Junior -- aka Tony -- and Daniel Thompson; Cate Edwards) and elementary school kiddies (Emma Clare and Jack Edwards, ages 9 and 7, and Hayden Victoria Thompson, age 5).
   
   
5. Surviving the cancer nightmare. Thompson fought through non-hodgkins lymphoma and Edwards' wife has incurable breast cancer.

One thing they don't have in common -- along with their political views -- is acting. Here's a list of flicks featuring Fred Thompson:

• Marie (1985)
• No Way Out (1987)
• Feds (1988)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• Days of Thunder (1990)
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
• Flight of the Intruder (1991) (uncredited)
• Class Action (1991)
• Necessary Roughness (1991)
• Curly Sue (1991)
• Cape Fear (1991)
• Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
• Thunderheart (1992)
• White Sands (1992) (uncredited)
• Born Yesterday (1993)
• In the Line of Fire (1993)
• Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
• Baby's Day Out (1994)
• Celsius 41.11 (2004)
• Racing Stripes (2005, voice)
• Last Best Chance (2005)
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)