Edwards: No More War Funding; Plight of Uninsured "Outrageous"

Former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) jumped on the news that Bush will seek an additional $50 billion in Iraq war funding in September, calling on Congress to refuse:

"The Congress will be coming back next week and I think the American people have had enough excuses," Edwards said in a speech at Georgia Southwestern State University.

"And what the Congress should do when they come back next week is make it absolutely clear: no timetable, no funding. And there should be no further excuses. Congress needs to stand their ground."

I like hearing that from Edwards, but I also really like seeing this moving video clip of John and Elizabeth Edwards responding to a question from a casualty of our flawed health care system at a campaign appearance in New Hampshire:



The right wing noise machine, more afraid of Edwards than of Clinton or Obama, has been very carefully perpetuating the myth that Edwards and his spouse, who are wealthy, are "hypocritical" and out of touch with the problems of lower-income Americans. They are indeed rich, but they get it. They not only empathize with and understand the plight of the impoverished and the struggling middle class, they are appropriately outraged by the health care mess. It shows.