Pirate booty, that is… It appears 2008 presidential candidate has a 10% stake in a salvage operation to recover $500 million in pirate treasure. From TheStreet.com: The question of the day: Just how much of the $500 million sunken treasure found in the Atlantic last weekend belongs to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards? I put a call in to Edwards’ campaign yesterday morning to find out, but I haven’t heard back yet. The reality? The populist one-term senator will get an undisclosed piece of the action from the sunken 17th-century galleon. The ship, laden with gold and silver, was found at the bottom of the Atlantic by a little-known exploration company, Florida-based Odyssey Marine Research. Ahoy, matey!