Edwards digs himself in even deeper [View All]

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Edwards' bogus vows to take away health care from members of Congress get even deeper.

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Edwards, who's locked in a tight race in Iowa with Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, also criticized Clinton over her response to an Edwards' television ad concerning health care.

In the ad, the former North Carolina senator promises to use his power as president to take away health care benefits from members of Congress unless they pass universal health care by July 2009.

The Clinton campaign branded the threat as "unconstitutional gimmickry" and said the president doesn't have the power to take health care away from Congress unilaterally.

Actually, Edwards can't take away health care from members of Congress. The 27th Amendment prohibits varying the compensation of members of Congress until after an intervening election. Even if it wasn't for the 27th Amendment, Edwards would need to get Congress to vote out their own health care. There's no way in hell they'd do that.

Clinton called Edwards on the farce and Edwards was asked about it by the press. Edwards tried to wiggle out by saying he'd use the power of the bully pulpit. That's nothing like the sensational threat Edwards made in his ad. Edwards isn't actually going to take anything away from Congress, but he'll complain about Congress. That'll get 'em.

Now Edwards has a hysterical new approach to wiggling his way out of the fraud he's been caught at. Edwards said about Hillary:

"To me, this is exactly the kind of response you'd expect from a Washington insider," Edwards said. "(It's) circling the wagons, looking out for politicians inside of Washington instead of shaking up the place and doing what's necessary to get universal health care passed. This is another example of the clear choices our country has in this election."

So according to Edwards, Hillary is preventing him from doing what he said he could do but never could actually do. It makes no sense, except to Edwards, who is desperate enough to say anything to wiggle out of his self imposed dilemma.