You can call it what you want but only Senator Clinton has the intelligence to make it work…

I do not believe that she stole the idea from Edwards. It is an idea that has been around for a long time and very similar systems are implemented in various countries.

But if she would have stolen it I would have said great. If you expect every candidate to make up their own stances and not be able to use others for fear of "copying", then you will never get a candidate who wants the best of everything and end up with a lot of good ideas going no where.

If I was a candidate I'd wait until all the stances on the issues were stated by the other candidates, and then choose those that the people clearly supported and desired the most. Then I'd have a platform built on what the people wanted, instead of stabbing in the dark to what was best for everyone.

I find it depressing that Edwards and Obama are using their wives to attack Clinton – it's as if they are trivializing her bid for the nomination, like its a women's Coffee Klatsch.

She is a legitimate candidate. Trying to marginalize her like this because she is a woman makes me very concerned for how much the lip-service Edwards ad Obama give as being for women's rights is merely for show.

I've heard too much from this woman. I've had enough of her, so I certainly don't want her man in the White House so that she can continue to do his talking for him. All of the spouses of all of the candidates can shut up now. They aren't running for office, even though they act as if they are.

If I was Mrs. Edwards, I would be more concerned about John's $400 haircuts that he is giving the stylist who is most likely donating it to Hillary so that he or she can have a personal meeting with a member of congress.

Sean in Houston:

The difference between President Clinton and Mrs. Edwards is not that people praise a man for being strong and condemn a woman for the same trait. The difference is that President Clinton believes and has repeatedly stated that he can strongly support his wife WITHOUT being negative about the other candidates. Now if Mrs. Edwards would say and do the same, I don't think anyone would have a problem with her at all.

To CATHY of MILLTOWN INDIANA: I'm sorry you don't have medical insurance, but why should it by my responsibility to subsidise it for you? I have a wife and three kids whose medical bills I have to pay–I don't really want to add to that the burden of your bills.

To Steve who thinks that health care is a right–would you mind citing the article of the Constitution that stipulates that? Or the Amendment? It seems to have slipped my mind…

The facts of the matter are these: That government does not create money–all it can do is take it from productive people; and that health care costs money. By attempting to assert your "right" to health care, you are attempting to assert that it's your "right" to compel me and millions of other people to pay your bills.

I don't think so.

Elizabeth, that is a terrible accusation. As a lawyer you need to pay attention to what you accuse people of.
You sound like a woman so desparate to be first lady, you are making your husband look whimpy! Get a book or three and read them, this way your mind is open and your mouth is closed. Please? It's getting old.

I think all of these candidates, democrat and republican, need to have a reality check. This idea of health coverage, either by the state or federal government will never work. Clinton talks about building on the parts of the system that work and fixing the problems that exists, but her plan neither anybody elses fixes the problem.

Lets take a look at this ladies and gentlemen. What is the real problem with our health care system? Is it that over 40 million Americans are without coverage? Or is it just the American people that are the problem?

All of the large and costly (in more sense than money) plans are just a band-aid over a huge cut. Blood is going to pour over this little fix-it solution, and then we are going to have to not only fix the problem down the road, but we are going to feel the sting of the band-aid being pulled off.

I guess u cannot call her names which is a good thing right not, seems to be saving my morals and personal ethics. Hilary came up with this plan a decade ago…granted it did not work, she is trying again. At the time people opposed the idea because it was new and seemed scary. Now many years later it seems to be the topic of interest at the presidential debates!!! We shouldnt wait for great thinkers like her to be waisted and have her ideas copied ten or twenty years later! It was her idea, your husband stole it, I know we not exactly on the same drugs as she is cause we dont have cancer, no pun inteded, but this is ridiculous!
Go Hilary 2008!!! And shes great with foreign affairs which is what we need right now, we are getting attacked by every country lets get someone who knows what theyre doing finally so we dont have a repeat history or the Ottoman, Greek etc. empires.

When Hillary speaks about health care issues she speaks from her heart. Elizabeth should shout up her mouth. Hillary doesn't need to copy Edwards Health care plan which is carbon copy of Canadian health care system. Hillary knows that Health Care System has different stake holders and successful leader bring the entire stake holder together to make change successful; other wise it fail like in 1992.
Go Hill you are the best, let looser whine.

My best guess is that Elizabeth Edwards is jealous.

Both Hillary and Elizabeth are about the same age, very smart women, feminists, law school grads, former working attorneys, and wives of
ambitious (and gorgeous) men. Look what Hillary has done with her life! Even without being elected president, she's been very near the pinnacle of power in the US as first lady and now a two-time senator. Elizabeth Edwards never made it past a bankruptcy lawfirm and now she's a stay-at-home mom (not that there's anything wrong with that…). Some commentators have said she's angry, and perhaps she is as her husband's campaign can't seem to move beyond 12 percent. But the root cause of this sniping, I think, is her seething jealousy. Remember the comment Elizabeth made about Hillary that Elizabeth thinks she has more joy in her life because of her life choices? Why would this issue occur to anyone except out of jealousy?

And we all know that no one has bigger universal health care credentials than Hillary. She's been fighting for it since 1992. Elizabeth's sniping is just plain bizarre. I predict Edwards numbers will go down. BTW, I'm an Obama supporter, but I hate this one-sided girl fight.

I like Mrs. Edwards and she should continue to speak out!
She's a very bright and well spoken woman.
And she speaks the truth about Hillary!

I'd rather a president with a strong, intelligent wife then what we have now, a first lady in a fog!

Funny how you Clintonista's are dismissing her and she should shut up, blah, blah.

But isn't that what you loved so much about Hillary, she was outspoken and protective of her husband in the face of the right-wing conspiracy?

It's not like Hillary "was home baking cookies". Remember that immortal line from the Queen.

Diantha,

Actually, the doctors never told Mrs. Edwards that she had only "possibly 5 years to live." Yes, her cancer is incurable, but she could in fact live a great many years. Had she not discovered the spots during an xray for an unrelated condition, she may have gone years without even knowing her cancer had returned. Currently, she is receiving treatment that is stabilizing her cancer, treating it as though it is a chronic condition, like diabetes.

Also, they are bringing their children on the campaign trail with them. Imagine how exciting that must be! What a wonderful experience for them to reflect on when they are adults!

Also, I posted earlier to say that Mrs. Edwards is responding to questions asked of her by reporters, and I would expect her to answer them honestly, rather than stare at them blankly, so why are we criticizing her? I also mentioned that John Edwards did in fact respond to HRC's announcement, before this interview with his wife, so there is no need to criticize him for hiding behind his wife. He isn't – he just isn't receiving coverage of what he says.

For some reason unbeknownest to me, CNN pulled that comment, which contained no rudeness or profanity, or anything offensive. So, I'll try again.

I think that Mrs. Edward needs to get a grip bout who's stilling from who. If Sen. Edward's healthcare plan was so great, then he should have copyright his plan. I wouldn't vote for Sen. Edward, if he as the last man standing!

1. I'm surprised to see so many women taking part in wife bashing.

2. Thank you Elizabeth Edwards, courageous speaker of truth.

Elizabeth has a right to point out that her husband laid out everything he believes in a loooong time ago. Instead of waiting till he has to say something to stay relevant, like like Hillary.
Edwards is the only populist candidate that has a chance at getting elected, especially if Wesley Clark would accept Vice with him.
Hillary is to chummy with the establishment. Obama has too many uber liberals. Edwards is the best choice for an executive that will shoot straight with the country and defend the middle class against the established power mongers.

I have to say I'm getting very sick of both John and Elizabeth Edwards. I agree with a lot of their policies but they have become so personally unappealing. Elizabeth Edwards is constantly attacking Hillary Clinton in really ugly and personal ways. I don't understand the need for that and I see a lot of misogynism in it. She may think her husband's the best man for the job but why does she feel the need to demonize Hillary Clinton to make her point? It also makes John look a little pathetic that he can't make his own comments on these matters. It's seems the Edwards's strategized that having Elizabeth attack Hillary makes it more palatable to female voters. WRONG!! It's become very unappealing. They should stick to pushing their own ideas and platforms, not making personal slams against two very worthy opponents. I have not yet decide if I'm supporting Clinton or Obama but I've now ruled out Edwards. Oh, and note to the Edwards, the whole preaching to America about giving up their SUVs while you live the lifestyle you do and reside in the utra-mansion that you own has become really tiresome.

If I were her, I would be more concerned about saving my money on my husband's $400 haircuts that he is paying the groomer who in turn is probably donating to Hillary so they can have a meeting with a member of congress.

Poor little John…
First Edison beat him to the patent office with the light bulb, and now this. How much more can one little man take? I guess it is time to put on your big boy undies and be a brave little soldier!

WAR! I love it…Let them all implode in their anger for one another!

Elizabeth Edwards acts more like John's mother than his wife. Clinton has been working on health care plan since her husband was in office. All we ever heare from Mrs. Edwards is whining. I admire her for her battle with cancer, but give the political whining a break.

Mrs. Edwards is a smart, insightful and brave woman. She would be a great asset to her husband and our nation should he become president. If Edwards gets the nomination I will vote for him with gusto and look forward to the benefits of her talents as she serves with her husband.

However, the Edwards family are taking their eyes off the ball—or rather, off the Bush. Hillary is not the enemy, she is an opponent–a viable candidate for the presidency and while policy disputes are fine, perhaps productive, the on-going litany of personal attacks have little effect on Senator Clinton's campaign and they harm the Democratic cause to the extent that character attacks feed the Republican fear machine.

Hillary has been fighting on behalf children and adults without adequate insurance for decades. She does not need ideas from former Senator Edwards and the progressives in America do not need to watch the Democrats lose yet another election that should be a "slam dunk."

Mrs. Edwards is unassailable as the brave wife and Mother in a battle for her life against recurrent breast cancer. I cannot know what she is going through and will not pretend to. That said, I hope she will not consciously or unconsciously play on her unique situation to attack a candidate who, in almost any other scenario, would be a natural ally.

During a week when Bush is announcing a veto of the bipartisan bill extending health benefits to millions of the destitute children that are at the heart of the Edwards campaign, Elizabeth would do well to regain her focus and stop the personal attacks that blur the battle lines and give succor to the Republican disease devouring our nation.

Elizabeth Edwards is starting to lose it all together. Hillary Clinton has been working to improve healh care since Bill was first elected. She developed and tried to get her plans enacted for years. It was the US Congress that made it impossible then and they will do the same this time whether its Clinton's or Edwards' bill.

Congress is owned by lobbyists. Clinton has learned by now that
working with the health care industry instead of against them is the only way it will ever happen no matter who's ideas are being considered.

She doesn't need to steal from Edwards or anyone else. If the plans from Clinton or Edwards or Romney look alike maybe its because its the best solution and one that at least gets its started.

Developing a national health care system won't happen overnight and won't be all it should be with the first program enacted. But we have to start somewhere.

I say we start by electing Hillay and supporting her efforts… and take a good look at who tries to stop it and why.

$110 billion dollors… we've spent a lot more than that on a war thats killed almost 4000 american kids. Maybe we can spend some on saving some peoples lives as well.

I am so sick of hearing Elizabeth Edwards on the attack. She is adding to the lowering of the discourse in this country.

Elizabeth Edwards needs to shut up and go away. Every time she opens her mouth, ten less people are interested in John. If Elizabeth feels so strongly about so many things, why doesn't SHE run for president? And as far as the health plan is concerned, who cares whose plan it is, so long as some plan is adopted sometime.

To all union members: Do you really want to support a person whose wife often make remarks in front of the world embarrassing Americans?

WHEN IS SOMEONE FINALLY GOING TO CALL OUT JOHN EDWARDS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA? I'M SURE THAT AS A TRIAL LAWYER HE HAS GOTTEN LARGE JUDGEMENTS AGAINST INSURANCE COMPANIES ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENTS. WHO COVERS THE COSTS OF THESE JUDGEMENT? YOU AND I! I WONDER WHEN JOHN EDWARDS RETIRES TO HIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION DOES HE ASK HIMSELF CAN HE LEGITIMATELY SAY HE IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHEN HE HAD A DIRECT HAND IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE.

I am so sick of that woman's mouth (Mrs. Edwards). And because she has cancer, any political opponent making a response to one of her comments is picking on a sick woman!!! Give me a break.

John Edwards is the last person I would want in the White House. But then I suppose half the attention of the President is better than the non-attention of the current administration.

Mr. Edwards had no problem using the "good ol' boys network" to create a phony position for himself at UNC! Doesn't the rest of the country wonder why his home state has abandoned him? How can our former AWOL senator be taken seriously?

Elizabeth Edwards is naive and rediculous.

The health care plan was the cause and passion for lots of time for Hillary while she was the first lady in the 1990's. At that time, JOhn Edwards was a nobody.

Elizabeth is getting more desperate and angry as she sees her husband is sinking fast in polls. She should learn to shut up to let him do the talking.

I don't get it. So now politicians aren't allowed to agree on platforms anymore? Shouldn't we all be looking for the best solution?

How about worrying about the people of the United States instead of who gets freaking credit for something. If they believe in the plan and it gets implemented then who cares, arent they supposed to be working for us?

Does John Edwards ever speak for himself? His wife confronted Ann Coulter, his wife said that Obama and Clinton only got press attention because they were a minority and a woman, now his wife attacks the Clinton health plan.

Sen. Edwards needs a spine.

Wasn't it just a few short months ago that Mr. and Mrs. Edwards announced that Elizabeth had terminal cancer? Possibly only 5 years left to live? Don't they have two young children? Call me crazy, but when those two young children are adults, will they happily remember that their mother was out campaigning for dad in her last years instead of spending quality time with them? Every time I see the Edwards campaigning for president, I just think something is wrong with this picture. Who cares about the Clinton's, I'd want to know what's going on with my kids at school…

How can anyone vote for a guy that sends his wife out to do his dirty work.

Elizabeth shut up. You'r not on the ballot.

Here the Edward campaign is missing an opportunity to hit important issues is how to end the war, or why republicans are not talking about universal heath care! On other camp -Guliani, Romney, McCain and their supporting media is all busy attacking Hillary as to why she has not condemned the moveon ad. Its a clear indication that those who are attacking Hillary on irrelevant things, are SCARED!

Mrs. Edwards strikes me as a very angry person.
I noticed this during her husband's vice-presidential campaign when she was very catty about John Kerry.
It seems to be worse now. She no longer speaks, she only "attacks", "blasts" and "ripping into", etc.
Mrs. Edwards should catch her breath and control her anger.
Perhaps then I could hear what John Edwards is saying.

why would anybody believe the goverment can health care i really dont want the goverment to take care of me i pefer to run my own affairs if i wanted hilery care or edwards care i would move to another country

Althought I have no intension of voting for Edwards, this woman needs to shut up before she costs her husband more votes. You know the stereotypical "nagging" wife? She fits that profile.

Mrs Edwards forgot to mention that her husband had just taken an old copy of Mrs Clintons health care plan and put his name on the cover.

Either way both plans are crap

Elizabeth Edwards is wrong if she remember correctly Senator Clinton was pushing for this in 1994 while her husband was in office. Also if her husband was so eager about offering health care how come he hasn’t did anything in the state of North Carolina to make it easier for individuals to have insurance. Hilary Clinton started the Child Health Care in the state of New York. Its funny how people always have negative things to say about Hilary but she is a person of action. This is a subject that has been with her for many years.

Right on, Mrs. Edwards. That was the most accurate and revealing interview on the facts of Clinton's campaign and previous record.
I am praying for an Edward's victory in '08

The nasty, rude, malicious and disorganized way your country handels elections makes me so happy that I am Canadian. But I am your neighbour, so as a good neighbour I have to warn you: your house is on fire.

Someone give this woman something to do!! PLEASE!!

What a disgraceful way of behaving. After all this Hillary bashing, what happens when she wins the nomination? Will she campaign for the Dems in defeat after spewing all this jealous bile? She doesn't care about her party or her country–only that her kids get to live in the White House. She can't stomach the fact that she and her husband are cut rate Clintons and are increasingly marginalized in the race. This is how she wants to be remembered?

I find the Edwards campaign strategy rather ingenious but also insulting. It is clear that while John attempts to look like a good guy that does not sling mud his wife attacks everyone. This is not the first time and I doubt if it will be the last we will hear derogatory comments from her. I find it insulting that they appear to think that the everyday American will not catch on to them. John, if you cannot sling your own mud please allow your wife to run.

Obama raises cash from the American people with few strings attached, Clinton raises cash from lobbyists seeking insider access, and Edwards raises not so much cash, period.

Do we think Obama and Edwards are principled and Clinton corrupt? Or do we think Obama (and Edwards?) are idealistic, with Clinton the only one of the three who understands how to play the game to succeed in Washington?

I don't want a president who doesn't understand how things work, doesn't understand how to get things done. I want my president to be competent, able to broker deals and make things happen. I want him or her to understand how power in Washington works.

I just wish we had a candidate who had demonstrated political acumen on the national and global stage AND wasn't so dependent on special interest money.

Posted By David, Dallas Tx : September 20, 2007 1:16 pm
In response I write. This is an example of the cowardice that is ruining the democratic party. Democrats were elected in large part, to end corruption in Washington. People like this are more driven by the nostalgia of the past than good canditates who we know will to do the right thing.

Where is the logic in electing corrupt potiticians to end corruption? We want to end lobbying not reward it. I ask my fellow Democrats to grow a backbone, and realize that we DO have canditates who are dirtymoney free AND the genius needed to rebuild our political process. Obama-Edwards.

Bea From Hoboken,

"Fatally Flawed Hillary is amoral and will do anything and everything she can to be nominated."

The same could be said for Senator Edwards. I mean, last time around he ran to the right of Sen. Kerry, and now he is running to the left of everyone except Gravel and Kucinich. He announced his opposition to the war, just as he was preparing to announce a second go at the White House, and changed his stances on other things to cater to the base. Geez. I mean, I know all candidates pander, but Edwards is just Romney.

I am so tired of hearing Mrs. Edwards "bellyache" about Hilary Clinton. It seems every other day she is whining about how her Husband is not taken seriously! or she just plain bashes Senator Cliniton!! Well, Mrs. Edwards quit whining about Hilary and start campaigning for your Husband!! You're a strong woman and quite frankly you're upstaging your husband with your tactics when you should be promoting your husband.. Maybe you should be running????

"both Clintons are totally without decent standards or morality as Americans know it. They are BOTH a disgrace to America and should be thrown out of the public eye."

Hey Houston, this comment does not surprise me coming from someone in Texas. Quite frankly, that moron up the road in Crawford TX is the disgrace to America and the world. Not only should he leave public life, but he should be tried for war crimes.

I know, you republicans are terrified because you know that the Clintons will beat any republican that you guys put up. LOL

Remind me, who's running for President again? Is it John Edwards or his wife?

This has become a patterns for Mr. Edwards. He sends his wife out to attack Sen. Clinton, or to take stances that are closer to the base, while he takes the opposite stance. In that way he straddles both sides of an issue. It's politically convenient, but in my eyes just makes him seem that much more , well, political and hence not someone I want in the white house. I'm not a fan of Sen. Clinton, but at least her positions are clearer than Mr. Edwards.

What is wrong with Mrs. Edwards, I know she has cancer, but why she is jealous of Mrs. Clinton. At this stage she should pray for her health instead of politic.

Would someone just tell Elizabeth to shut up???? She is sounding more and more the bitter, desperate shrew everyday. Her husband is the candidate – is he not man enough take on Hillary directly? I use to like the Edwards but the more I hear from them – especially Elizabeth the sicker I get of them. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

absolutely correct Elizabeth Edwards… Hillcare is a copycat version of John's and is much more wasteful than John Edwards proposal. Their are leaders and copiers… hillary is a copier.

She needs to shut her mouth. Funny John hasn't spoke of Hilary ripping anything off. Sounds like Liz had ripped off John's manhood since he doesn't have the guts to speak up. Last I seen she wasn't running for office and it doesn't seem like John is either. They are just in there making waves. Pathetic. I used to think he was a good man, now I think he is not even a man at all.

Hey there Hillaryland,

why was it okay for Hillary to slam her husband's opponents when she was a political wife?

You dudes and dudets don't know. Shush it up. John speaks volumes more than his wife. It's just that CNN is behind that Clinton womans campaign and only highlights Johns wife rather than him. So if you are brainwashed and only read CNN, sure you'll think she does all the talking. Foolish sheep. What about you cracker CNN moderator. Will you allow my comment? You commy you.

Clinton has been speaking about her plan well before Edwards announced his. She's already fought and lost during previous efforts, meaning that unlike Edwards she probably actually understands the issues. Most plans are fairly similar between candidates for the same party. If anything, Edwards stole it from Clinton.

To be honest, I've never liked Edwards even in 2004. He's fake, didn't contribute as a senator, was a joke at the VP debates, and is riding on his pretty-boy looks. Quite frankly I'd like someone with a bit of smarts and experience, not someone who cares more about his hair than the country at large.

Elizabth only hurts her husband by lashing out at his rivals. Makes him look weak and reinforces his Breck Girl image. Bad move.

http://www.political-buzz.com/

I guess Mrs. Edwards was to young to remember Mrs. Clinton's health care plan in 1992. It is the same plan with few changes she is proposing now. Was this Mr. Edwards plan in 1992?

I used to like teh Edwards, now I think they are pathetic sore losers, I can't beleive even they would resort to trash talking.

Reliable sources are saying that the new Edwards plan will be to sue all the hospitals, doctors, and nurses until the system goes bankrupt.

EC from Houston:
If you want to talk amoral how about all the Republican hypocrites that seem to flock to the Repug party!It is becoming a joke!Craig was just the tip of the iceberg!
Bill Clinton did moore for the average American than any president since Roosevelt! He is very popular now! His new book "Giving" says it all. Hillary is the same way. Bill and Hillary have more "morality" in thier little fingers than the Bush and Chaney group put together! Fatally flawed indeed! Was it not Carl Rove, of all people, who said that!I would not trust Carl Rove to run a dog kennel! Its the Bush and Cheney gang that should be thrown out!

Geeez, This is getting old. Would someone tell me which Edwards in running??? SPEAK FOR YOURSELF JOHN.

Mrs. Edwards is clearly counting on the fact that she is undergoing cancer treatments to insulate her from being charged with being an idiot. And Edwards appears to be allowing his wife to say things he wants to say but can't, on the assumption that nobody would dare attack her judgment under the circumstances. The more I see of Edwards, the less I like. Incidentally, the Clinton health plan is not wonderful (for that matter, neither is Hillary Clinton), but her plan is more nuanced in the realities of the political and business environment than what Edwards offers.

PLEASE!! No matter who is endorsing it or whose original plan it is, it is a socialist plan… get off your sofa and stop expecting the government to take care of you…

I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR EDWARDS BECAUSE I WOULD NOT WANT MRS EDWARDS AS THE FIRST LADY. SHE IS SO NEGATIVE ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THE INFLUENCE SHE HAS ON MR EDWARDS. HER NEGATIVITY IS ASTOUNDING

DANIEL COLE; healthcare is something you earn by working?? i have been working most of my 45 years of life and steadily for the last 10 years AND AM UNINSURED??

If we could just take a little of this candidate and a little of that one,maybe we would get one that remembers "We the people" – as one person put it, we already have health care; how to pay for it or get it free or cheaply for everyone is the matter. What good would anything short of government funded heathcare do someone who has no job! Democrats should stick together not divide themslves and do what they promised and work for the improved good of the people.

You know, if I was a politician and came up with a healthcare system, and then another politician promised to enact that exact same system if elected to office, I would be happy, because it meant that either way America would benefit from the healthcare system that I want to implement.

I guess this means that the Edwardses don't REALLY care about getting their healthcare system implemented, and are only using it as leverage for the presidential campaign. That's too bad.

Please……..Are you surprised? Fatally Flawed Hillary is amoral and will do anything and everything she can to be nominated. Stealing another's idea? Par for the course. Democrats has better re-assess the grand kudos that have been thrown to Fatally Flawed Hillary. It takes an amoral person to live with another; both Clintons are totally without decent standards or morality as Americans know it. They are BOTH a disgrace to America and should be thrown out of the public eye. If Hillary is the very best that Democrats have to offer, the Party is already LOST and has LOST in 2008. Fatally Flawed Hillary is not qualified to be President because of her amorality and her lack of character. These two quite obvious weaknesses are the reason for her HIGH NEGATIVITY. Hillary doesn't have 'the right stuff.' Posted By E. C., Houston, Texas : September 20, 2007 2:57 pm

Aha, perhaps you're voting for those bastions of morality Giuliani (married 3 times) or Thompson (married twice). The Republican Party, the party of HYPOCRISY!!!

Has John Edwards lost his tongue or is his wife running for president these days. How bout he speak for his self.
She isn't all that likable anyway. Sounds like she is taking up for one of her children. Afraid he will get his feelings hurt. Dump her John.

Elizabeth Edwards is coming off as a continual whiner anymore. When John doesn't want to say something, he sends his wife to whine about it.
And heaven forbid that John should become the party's nominee because he's such a slick looking prissy boy that he would never stand a chance in the general election. Because I am SO disillusioned, cynical, & distrustful of the Republican party anymore (thanks George) I will probably support a Democrat, but it won't be John Edwards. He can posture all he wants but he still strikes me as a fake plastic talking head, and I just wouldn't have any confidence that he could be a strong knowledgeable leader. Actually, there are a lot of things about John Edwards & George W. Bush that strike me as scarily similar.

Although I like Elizabeth Edwards a great deal – she is missing the point that Hillary's plan falls short of the "universal" Health Care goal for All US Citizens ……John Conyers Bill HR 676 for Universal Health, Dental, Vision and Prescription Care for ALL US Citizens NOW. Now that is a plan…no more profit on the backs of sick people…and US citizens can have health care no matter what. Neither John's nor Hillary's hits the right mark completely….so I wouldn't worry who is copying who just yet.

Wow, Mrs. Edwards has done it again, she has put her foot in her mouth AGAIN!!!. Stop emasculating your man please. He might actually have a chance but you are quickly eroding his chances. I have watch Hillary's spouse Bill Clinton speak so well of all the democratic candidates and not a dime of criticism.

Mrs. Edwards, it's ok to support your husband. Pick an issue or issues and support and remind voters of your husbands stance on those issues. That's what Bill Clinton has been doing for Hillary and it's worked well so far.

Cheap shots Mrs. Edward. Your husband couldn't even win his own state South Carolina when he was the VP for a major ticket. Get over it. Your husband's campaign is over!!!

keep this women quiet–her illness does not add importance to her comments–we are not voting for her as a candidate–quit giving free coverage to her stupidity!!

I do not belivw the edwards at all they are behind so they have to lie.

Using Elizabeth's logic, if Hillary's health care plan was stolen from John, then by the same regard John must also be in bed with the lobbists.

Elizabeth, John does not have a snowball's chance in he** of being nominated and every time you open your mouth his poll number drops even lower. Get a clue lady.

Sounds like a case of Sour Grapes…

Why is it that on the campaign trail Mr. Clinton can use strong verbage and he appears strong and poised, but when a strong woman uses strong verbage she gets labeled immediately. I am sure those who are making such derogatory comments will be the first in line to complain when their daughters or granddaughters try to make a difference in this world. Still such a double standard. These people who like the Clinton's must not care what garbage gets into the White House.

Let me just say what we're all thinking: does she run these attacks past John first? Is he using his wife as an attack dog instead of saying it himself? Or is she really just that loose a cannon?

Perhaps the Clinton campaign would stop calling Edwards a "flagging campaign" if it didnt appear they were continually attacking Clinton in order to get in the limelight. Their campaign manager must really believe in the adage – Any publicity is good publicity! STOP complaining about conducting an actual race and lead by example. By the way, Isnt there anyone in the Edwards campaign who can advise Elizabeth Edwards how a presidential election works? And advise her on the appropriateness of her comments.

As a recent Washington Post editorial noted, the Clinton, Edwards and Obama health care plans are more similar than they are different. That's not surprising — they all see the need for certain reforms, yet none of them is liberal enough to go WAY far out on a limb. Hillary's plan actually goes farther than the other two, and shows more concern for the middle class and for small business owners. You can read the brief analysis on the Post web site, under Editorials.

Don't vote for Hillary, I could not take four years of CANKLES.

Frankly, I don't care which politician stole another's national health care idea, because they are all unconstitutional (not to mention foolhardy and expensive). Powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the individual states. Period. End of argument. (Oh, wait, for the last 150+ years the Constitution has been repeatedly ignored by almost everyone who took the oath office to uphold that document.) Everybody needs health care? So what, everybody needs food, too, but I don’t see anyone suggesting a national food care system. At least not yet…

When will Senator Edwards stop hiding behind his wife's skirt? Let's hear from him for a change.

Yes, Jesse, Burnsville, MN, I do beleive that when woman (or a man for that's matter) should keep mouth shut if you don't have anything meaningful to say! And Mrs Edwards and M s Obama don't except bringing up "stinking" details of their households or trashing their husbandsopponents when their men afraid to do so themself. And I will vote for Hillary so I'm barely a sexist in this company.

Elizabeth Edwards needs to stop fighting her husbands battles and let her husband do it. Last time I checked he was the one running for president. I wouldnt wont the new healthcare plan anyways. THe plan will cost americans millions of dollars.

Who doesn't remember Hillary working for National Health Care as First Lady and getting shot down? Ms. Edwards seems out of control and out of place.

I admire Mrs. Edwards for her personal battle with cancer; also like her husband. But I'm getting more and more disenchanted with them taking cheap shots and acting petty. He's got more financial and ethical conflicts than most people realize, so he needs to be more concerned about providing answers to problems Americans face as opposed to attacking Hilary. Looks like desperation is setting in. Sad.

Hillary Clinton has been pushing for universal health care for all Americans since 1992. Get off it, Elizabeth – in-fighting does not help get the republicans out of office – that should be our main effort. I absolutely hate democrats using aggression when arguing with one another. Time to stop. Disagreements do not have to be divisive!!!

Mrs. Edwards should be ashamed of herself. I orginally had planned to vote for her husband but 2 things changed my mind. 1 earlier in the year 2 of his Aids or Campaign works critized and made degrading statments against the Catholic Faith. The problem for me was John Edwards didn't find anything wrong with what the wrote. If they had written about Islam, Judism, etc. I am sure they would have been held accountable, I am tired of different standards for different groups of people. Again Mrs. Edwards should be ashamed the contest is between Clinton & Edwards,not the spouses – or isn't Mr. Edwards man enough to speak for himself.

I wish Mrs. Edwards will just shut up. Can't Edwards speak for himself??

Mrs. Edwards you are not the one running.

I am FAR from being a Clinton supporter, but I'd take her anyday over John Edwards and his obnoxious wife!! Who is the candidate here… Lizzy or John Boy? Give it a rest woman, everyone is tired of your constant whining. Lord help all of us, Dems and Repubs alike, if we have to listen to her for the next 4 years…

I think it should be John Edwards' responsibility to talk about this issue, not Mrs. Edwards'. After all, he is the one running for President.

Please……..Are you surprised? Fatally Flawed Hillary is amoral and will do anything and everything she can to be nominated. Stealing another's idea? Par for the course. Democrats has better re-assess the grand kudos that have been thrown to Fatally Flawed Hillary. It takes an amoral person to live with another; both Clintons are totally without decent standards or morality as Americans know it. They are BOTH a disgrace to America and should be thrown out of the public eye. If Hillary is the very best that Democrats have to offer, the Party is already LOST and has LOST in 2008. Fatally Flawed Hillary is not qualified to be President because of her amorality and her lack of character. These two quite obvious weaknesses are the reason for her HIGH NEGATIVITY. Hillary doesn't have 'the right stuff.'

who is up for election John Edwards or his wife? Seems like she's always the one crying wolf.

This woman needs to stop complaining. She is not helping her husband. Let him be a leader and speak for himself.

I like the Edwards, but yeah, the $400.00 did it for me. Hillary is the one!

I cant believe I am defending Hillary Clinton, but the tactics of the Edwards campaign are despicable.

Your wife has cancer, you use it to raise more money as opposed to dropping out of the race and helping her deal with the cancer. Furthermore, you use her as the attack dog of your campaign knowing the other candidates may be hesitant to retaliate against a woman dealing with cancer. This is the epitome of exploitation.

John Edwards was an unremarkable senator who could not even carry his home state with him on the VP ticket. What makes this pretty boy a good candidate for president?

I'm an independent and a feminist and still haven't decide who I'm supporting for President but I have to say it won't be John Edwards. I ruled him out after reading this latest bit with Elizabeth Edwards. Frankly, it seems like she's being used to criticize all the other candidates by her husband and I've had it. What difference does it make who came up with what idea when??? How childish.

Mrs. Edwards should be home cleaning house, cooking, and doing laundry. She doesn't have a clue.

I have to wonder who is actually running in this race. Is it Mrs. Edwards or John? It seems to me that she cannot get enough of Hillary and that seems like jealousy. If you don't like Hillary then why is her so called "copy" of the health care plan the same as John's. They obviously have some issues in common. Sit back and be quiet for once.

This lady won't shut up, will she. She does the dirty work for her husband so he can still look pretty. He's not looking any better with her speaking like that; real classy!

I find it amazing that Hillary Clinton's supporters can make sexist remarks towards Mrs. Edwards like "shut up and let your husband do the talking" and then turn around and act like they're supporting some great cause for a strong woman.

I so enjoy that Edwards uses his wife to attack Clinton. And I so enjoy his wife happily going after Clinton. Way to be a grown up, CANDIDATE Edwards! Way to baby your husband, WIFE Edwards!

From the people who brought you FEMA, here's your healthcare!!! God help us if this comes to pass. Health care is outrageous but expecting the fed to have the answer is about as much of a pipe dream as world peace.

You go girl! We need more folks standing up to the Hill-Bill power move.

Edwards hiding behind his wife's skirt again?

Elizabeth Edwards is a true hero for batting cancer with grace and dignity. Having said that, Sen. Edwards needs to put a clamp on her. Just as Teresa Kerry did in 2004, Mrs. Edwards is quickly becoming a torpedo that has veered out of control and is headed straight towards the Senator's campaign. It makes him look weak for his wife to come up with the jabs at the other candidates while he just stands aside nodding. I really do like Sen. Edwards but as in all campaigns, the voter looks at the candidate AND the family.

I am not American.

Hm…I posted a different tune above. Yes…I now must agree with most of you. Ms Edwards is talking too many times in her husband's name? You might be right.

Shouldn't Mr. Edwards be delivering this type of message?

This is almost the same plan she released in 1993. Republicans had a field day call her a socialist. How did Hillary steal an Idea from Edward 15yrs ago

This woman is the biggest detriment to John Edward's campaign. She has made me loose all the interest I once had in this candidate. Someone tell her to take a seat….

John Edwards himself, said that hillarys plan was horrible and didn't do enough about HMO's and actual COST's of health care.

NOW he is say that this bad idea was his first?

I like Hillary and I like Edwards (his wife needs to stop acting like the over protective mommy though) either way the health plan sucks because it does nothing baout the BASIC cost.

Healthcare is not unavailable to me. It is unaffordable, and I'm a 24 yr old, healthy, non-smoking female with a professional degree. MAKE IT COST LESS, MAKE IT COVER EVERYTHING, REQUIRE HMO's to have to go through court to kick sick people of their plan.

What is the point of a insurance that covers breast cancer but not bone cancer because one cost more to treat than the other.

Be a man John…I m sick of your wife being your attack dog….If you have an opinion on Hillary, let me hear from U

I like her husband, but I'm sick of this rag of a wife.

Shut the hell up, lady. Attack the Republicans, dummy. Any chance your husband had is disappearing under this cat-clawing stupidity of yours.

Guts, my butt. This is political suicide. There isn't a single Republican with a health care plan. Attack that.

It's Elizabeth's last straw effort to get her husband's name in the papers. She's completely doing her husband a disservice with her combative tone, and shrill-like voice. They clearly don't wear the same sized pants, so why is she trying to wear his..?

Go Hillary!

If she believes Clinton's plan copies her husband's then she and her husband should not be bashing the Clinton's plan. If they agree on how universal health care can be accomplished, then Democrats should be working together against Republicans and others who would make it difficult to get the plan adopted.

"The problem with both these plans is that it assumes health care is a right. It is not it is something you earn by working."

No. It's a right. If Congress and the Prez can have the best health care in the WORLD paid for by us, then so can we.

You'll see how much of a right it is, when the Dems introduce universal health care right after they win the '08 elections – in Congress and the White House.

why sould someone want to take credit for a plan that is not going to work and is going to cost billions of dollars

this woman is coming painfully close to having a Ross Perot's 'they ruined my daughter's wedding' moment….

Mrs. Edwards is so right, Hillary is such a opportunist, she waits till all the other candidates release there plans then she copies it, we cannot trust her, look at the fundraiser she held with the lobbyist the other day.

I applaud Elizabeth Edwards' ability to state fearlessly and unequivocally her support for her husband. She is merely doing what any strong woman who loves her husband and believes in him would do in the same situation. I believe our country may have a slim chance of pulling out of the mess that this administration has got us in if all of you would direct your attention and energy toward insisting that votes in this country be on paper and individually counted in precincts so we do not have even more voters disenfrancised during the 2008 election, closing our borders, sending illegal immigrants home, and enforcing our laws and begin holding people accountable for their actions!

Selling access to goverment officials for campaign contributions – I guess he isn't counting the bar association that contributes to Edwards…I guess he is forgetting the numerous union stops he has made for serious cash…

Can you believe that a guy would take policy advice from his wife?? (Mrs Edwards….meet Mrs Clinton…birds of a feather) – can't wait for all this to be over…and Rudy is in the White House….and the Democrats are complaining that several bus loads of homeless people they registered to vote weren't allowed to…and thats why Hillary lost……waaaaahhh

In response to Hillary's unveiling of her plan on Monday, John Edwards said, "If you're going to negotiate universal health care with the same powerful interests that defeated it before, your proposal isn't a plan, it's a starting point.'"

So Hillary negotiated with powerful health care interests and ended up with the exact same plan as John Edwards? What does that say about John Edwards' plan?

Although I believe Mrs. Edwards has become a bit annoying w/her comments, her points are very valid. Hillary totally bit off Edward's idea.
Let's remember that Edwards has been speaking about his health care plan CONSISTENTLY for two years now. No one other candidate (republican or democrat) can say thatthat…

Also, Edwards' being in Jena speaks volumes to his care for social issues. There's so much going on in this country that it's a shame that we as a society focus on O.J. and Britney Spear's failed career.

Will someone just tell Elizabeth Edwards to shut up? Her husband has absoluetly no chance of winning the White House. Hell, he couldn't even take his home state in 2004. The only chance she will ever see the Lincoln bedroom is by Clinton invitation in 2009. Enough already about a lame duck candidate and his mouthy wife.

Wait – which Edwards is running again? Elizabeth seems to keep running her mouth and fighting John's battles for him, making him look like a total wuss. While I'm not so sure that Hilary is the answer, John Edwards is no winner either. He needs to put his pants back on and give Elizabeth back the skirt. Either that, or he needs to step down and let his wife run for Prez.

Davey Havok for president!!!

I am frankly sick to death of Mrs.Edwards and her big mouth. She is certainly no friend of Democrats…and while I used to admire John, I now wonder what the heck is wrong with him that he can't speak on his own behalf. Enough already. He should be smart enough right now, as suggested by another poster, to position himself appropriately at this time.

Wait – which Edwards is running again? Elizabeth seems to keep running her mouth and fighting John's battles for him, making him look like a total wuss. While I'm not so sure that Hilary is the answer, John Edwards is no winner either. He needs to put his pants back on and give Elizabeth back the skirt. Either that, or he needs to step down and let his wife run for Prez.

Davey Havok for president!!!

I believe in the Edwards campaign because they have not been soiled with the political process. The Clintons and Obamas are so deep into it that they have no choice but to walk that fine line.

Mrs. Edwards is doing what I expect. To state her position on the best candidate for the President. It just so happens it is her husband. The fact that she is so overbearing is a fact to be proud of and unfortunately a tactic needed to get the infamous 10 second sound byte from the media.

I will vote for John Edwards.

Why…because he is the underdog in a political pitbull fight run by cronyism instead of Michael Vick this time.

Vote for what is right and fair. Vote for John Edwards.

..THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE FIRST WORM..
..THE LOUDEST VOICE GETS THE APPLAUSE.
..AND THE MOST POPULAR GETS THE VOTE..

i COULD NOT BE LESS INTERESTED IN WHOSE HEALTHCARE REFORM PLAN THIS IS. MRS. CLINTON MAY HAVE "STOLEN" IT FROM jOHN EDWARDS, BUT IT ALSO SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN IN MASS.I HOPE (PROBABLY IN VAIN) THAT THIS WILL FINALLY BE THE ELECTION IN WHICH PEOPLE VOTE ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES, NOT PERSONALITIES AND MEDIA HYPR. AND I ALSO HOPE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY REALIZE HEALTHCARE REFORM IS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST, IMPORTANT ISSUES.

Wait a minute, don't we have access to our congress members free? I don't think anyone would be able to "sell" that. Mrs Edwards, no one likes a finger pointer. It's better to rise above with new ideas. My toddler has better manners!

I wish all of the spouses of all of the candidates would shut up.

Daniel Cole, New Bern NC, you took the words right out of my mouth.

A: Ideas are hardly ever original.
B: "Hillary Clinton" and "Health Care Reform" usually end up in the same sentence so it is no surprise she's running on this platform.
C: Infighting allows for distraction from the big picture – TO GET THE DEMOCRATS BACK IN OFFICE!

Whose running for President, Mrs. Edwards or her husband. She needs to button her lips if there is to be any hope for John Edwards getting anywhere. Hilary has been an advocate for her type of health care for a couple of decades. Don't let Mrs. Edward's illness be a speaking point for the Edward's campaign.

Can Mr. Edwards speak for himself?

Seems to me that for Elizabeth Edwards to endorse on her husband's behalf a socialised medicine scheme that's going to cost American taxpayers 110 billion dollars a year (more likely, considering how politicians lie, several times tha) to subsidise the health care of a lot of total strangers who can't be bothered to manage their own affairs, is a truly bad idea.
Hilary went down in flames in the nineties for her arrogant, screw-the-middle-class, socialism and there's no reason to think people are any more ready to put up with it now.

Elizabeth Edwards will soon cause the end of her husband's campaign soon. She will spew something that makes no sense, insult someone, or say something out of turn, etc. and it will be the end of the Edwards run for President. She needs to sit back, and focus on her health.

[sigh] I can't wait for the day when people will be saying "I wish President ______ will tell her husband to shut up!" I really get tired of hearing people bash the male candidate's spouses. WAKE UP! The day of thinking that women are less intelligent is OVER! A lot of these wives are very intelligent and could do a heck of a lot better than what we have in the White House now!!!

Spouses of candidates should shut up and sit down! This is really unnecessary back-biting. A candidate should have the guts to make his/her own accusations and not ask a mouthpiece to do the dirty work. It makes both Edwards look bad…just when I was beginning to like John a bit more than Hillary. Maybe she (Mrs. Edwards) can just say she doesn't remember saying it.

I am beginning to think I don't even want this woman in the vice presidential mansion.

Let's make one point clear:
John Edwards doesn't have the spine to talk his mind. He is using his wife(sympathetic cancer Survivor) to citicize his opponents
If he is elected President, then it will be his wife who will be running this country just like Dick Cheney

Universal Health Care? We have universal health care already. Every person in the United States has access to medical facilities if they need it. The only issue is who pays for it, which, granted is THE issue.

I am surprised at Mrs. Edwards' comments as it seems all politians' plans for health care are just taking the strength of weaknesses of the other international countries' healthcare systems. At least Mrs. Clinton has the experience to know what doesn't work….she's at least tried it. Is a politician's plan REALLY unique and original now?

Who's to say, or not to say, that John Edwards didn't take Mrs. Clinton's healthcare plan from 11+ years ago and used it as a foundation for his ideas now?

I wish the Democrats would tone down their criticism of each other until weeks of the primary (or not at all). They should be a unified front, especially with the low ratings of congress and the lack of accountability in our government.

Maybe it would be best for us to experience a terrorist attack, lose thousands of americans in fire and blood so we can finally remember the unity we faced after 9/11 and build a country that our ancestors would be proud of… I'd rather just remember 9/11, skip the attack, and unite now, but hey this is just me. – United we stand.

Give me a break. Hillary has been working on this issue for more than 15 years. Edwards just jumped in because it is now politically correct.

"I truly hope fellow Democrats will begin to realize that it is John Edwards that is coming out with substantive positions and policies on issues such as health care, poverty, and national security. He is the most ready to lead today."
Posted By Jesse, Burnsville, MN

I bet you said the same about Bush. Too bad the majority believed you then but I sure hope they've learned their lesson!

Matter over Mind

HILLARY/BIDEN OR RICHARDSON FOR 2008!

Mrs. Edwards is about the facts and she always gets it right irrespective of the tone. Small business owners will get credits to help offset there costs. Did you undersand the program? Insurance pools will allow lower premiums. This is not a government program. It seems to me healthy employees come to work, right?

I am so sick of these people attacking each other! Aren't Americans supposed to be on the same side? I never hear Hillary bad mouthing anyone unless she is forced to defend herself. So far she's the only one that has showed any class. As for the "wives", they need to keep their opinion to themselves and let the person running speak up. They're only the "wife" of someone running for president – you're no one yet!!

Two words: Can it, Mrs. Edwards. CAN IT! The only thing your husband knows about healthcare he learned in the courtroom where he made his riches taking advantage of a broken, inefficient system.

And in parting, Mrs. Edwards, here's another word for you: DESPERATION!

The one thing I don't understand is the nastiness that these candidates have for each other. I don't want to watch the Edwards camp fighting the Clinton camp. It seems that John Edwards has been attacking anything that walks by him. I know that they want the nomination, but the differences between the Dems and the Republicans is slim to none at this point. Why do I want to vote for any of you?

It seems as Mrs. Edwards is becoming more and more bitter in her public appearances. As a fellow breast cancer patient, I do understand her fervor for making a statement but the obvious nastiness is making the Edwards campaign less and less attractive.

Daniel Cole, if you do not think health care is a right, then you are not a Democrat!!!

Obama raises cash from the American people with few strings attached, Clinton raises cash from lobbyists seeking insider access, and Edwards raises not so much cash, period.

Do we think Obama and Edwards are principled and Clinton corrupt? Or do we think Obama (and Edwards?) are idealistic, with Clinton the only one of the three who understands how to play the game to succeed in Washington?

I don't want a president who doesn't understand how things work, doesn't understand how to get things done. I want my president to be competent, able to broker deals and make things happen. I want him or her to understand how power in Washington works.

I just wish we had a candidate who had demonstrated political acumen on the national and global stage AND wasn't so dependent on special interest money.

The problem with both these plans is that it assumes health care is a right. It is not it is something you earn by working.

John has no chance in a general election because he is a socialist if the democracts nominate him they are crazy and will loose. I have been a life long democract but I could never bring myself to vote for edwards.

What a soar loser! I see the Edwards' resort to mudslinging when they know they can't win!

HILLARY 2008

So Robert from Cleveland, can we all assume that it is your view that a woman should just keep her mouth shut.

I truly hope fellow Democrats will begin to realize that it is John Edwards that is coming out with substantive positions and policies on issues such as health care, poverty, and national security. He is the most ready to lead today.

It's funny how John is afraid to go after Hillary himself, and uses his wife instead. Of course, he claims to be the best choice for the female vote, so he can't be seen "picking on the girl". This isn't the first time, of course.

Edwards is a weakling, and a slimy one, at that. And I can't believe I just defended Hillary.

Every time Hillary proposes something, Elizabeth starts making noise. I would guess the Edwards are running scared and are now trying every thing they can to stay in this race. I can't wait until this primary is over and hopefully we have our first female presidential candidate and future president.

Who is running for President here…Mr. or Mrs. Edwards? Can't he speak up for himself?

Can we hear a little less Liz and a little more John? Maybe I missed the news that the name on the candidacy papers was changed. She's clearly an intelligent and well-spoken woman with a decent amount of 'presence' in front of a crowd, but, if she really wants to be the centre of attention, she might as well just run.

I agree Jessica, she shouldn't open her mouth about this terrible plan. Clinton said “she could envision a day when ‘you have to show proof to your employer that you’re insured as a part of the job interview—like when your kid goes to school and has to show proof of vaccination". In other words, you’ll need HillaryCare in order to get a job, no word on how you’ll be able to afford it after months of unemployment. Call it a Catch-22, one the scribes over at the Associated Press did bother to mention.

Here we go again: Elizabeth Edwards and her BIG, BIG MOUTH. Only one person can be compared to her – Michelle Obama. I wish we have a debate between them two (and Bill Clinton as a referee) )

It seems as if Mrs. Edwards is trying to get John elected by following in the footsteps of the Clintons, by making the future 1st lady as unappealing as possible.

Dear Mr. Edwards:

Please stop using your wife to attack Ms. Clinton…. It looks bad on you…

I mean, comoe on!!! you are the one running for president, yet you can even talk about a woman's ideas….

And you sell your self as the campion of women, but you can't do the dirty job of attacking one????

I like Elizabeth Edwards, but I mean how many different ways can a health care program be used or put together.
Most likely John Edwards got the idea back when Hillary was highly criticized when she first brought it to the Americans attention in the early '90's. I do like the fact that it is vital to our health and progress of a nation to address these issues and take action.

As much as we would all like to think we are the originators and founders of successful programs, the fact is other countries have been doing this far longer and more successfully than before we ever thought about starting them. However, I do believe it is in the best interest of the Democrats to work together–especially since everything else in the US is falling apart. Stay together–get along.

All the healthcare plans are going to look very similar to each other because all have eschewed the single-payer route and kept the private health insurance infrastructure intact. Therefore, basic economic theory requires these plans to keep insurance companies from driving up costs or excluding folks with "pre-existing" conditions by providing a robust government alternative. Moreover, to further reduce costs, the plans need the un- and under-insured to pay what they can, hence the individual mandate. The rest has to come out of the public purse. It's commonsense, not brain surgery. Having said that, Sen. Clinton's plan looks to be smarter, cheaper, and more comprehensive than the Edwards' plan.
On the other hand, the Edwards' plan, with allowances for its national scope, looks a lot like the Massachusetts plan. Both Sen. and Mrs. Edwards are trying to claim an originality for their plan that it doesn't possess while slamming Sen. Clinton for allegedly doing something that they've clearly done themselves.
Finally, their campaign finance charge completely contradicts their "copycat" allegations. How can it simultaneously be true that healthcare lobbyists are buying influence with Sen. Clinton AND that her healthcare reform is almost exactly the same as the squeaky clean Edwards'? The Edwards' criticisms of Sen. Clinton now begin to verge on silly.

Guess it doesnt take long to copy ten pages and some notes.

We need a national solution to health care. Small Business can not be expected to pay upwards of $30,000 a year for insurance of its older employees. If Hillary Clinton and John Edwards are for the same health plan, then count me in, too! They are both fantastic candidates.

It is a VERY BAD Plan unless you want to increase the Healthcare GDP impact from 13% to 25% overnight.

Shhh, Elizabeth… This is one of those items that the thief should keep.

Irrespective, I am voting for the independent Pete Grasso for you are ALL a bunch of crooks.

http://www.GrassoForPresident.com

I said the same thing as she's quoted here almost word for word when I read the Clinton Care plan…

The difference btw the two are that John has promised to confront lobbyists for big HMOs while Hillary has lunches with them and plays to their bottom line.

Also, John has given a time line of 6 months after his inauguration while Hillary hasn't. Most likely she would wait two years for Bush's tax cuts to expire in 2011 since she cites the rollback as a source of paying for the plan. Basically, her health care plan would be analogous to Bush's war during her re-election campaign…"I started it let me finish it".

Hillary is also the biggest receiver of the health sector's donations. Of the candidates polling over 10%, John Edwards is the last.

I simply can't trust her. She's no populist and she's too calculating.

Health care was supposed to be her most important issue and it took her 7 1/2 more months than John Edwards to come out with it.

She probably wanted to see John's plan resonate with the voters first because she's too calculating to hedge her political capital on something so vital to this country.

I'd support her if she got the nomination, but John Edwards is the much stronger candidate here.

I wish Elizabeth Edwards would shut up. John Edwards never did anything in the Senate for the 1 term he served, he has no experience in health care, he had no problem taking lobbyists money in 04, and he has no shot of winning a general election. The only reason he is still in the race is because Democrats have this notion that they need a Southerner to win the general election. I wish they would wake up and realize that no one other than Bill Clinton could carry a Southern state. Dems need to worry about Ohio and Florida (not a true Southern state). Edwards "southern charm" did nothing for the Kerry campaign in '04.
Lastly, Edwards should take a lesson from Kerry: having a wife make scenes every week will not win you an election.

Right on Elizabeth Edwards!

Way to take on that ignorant "flagging campaign" diversionary tactic that the Clinton campaign likes to throw around.

That's the type of logical, thoughtful answer that I love to see. Dissected to a tee.

Mrs. Edwards has a good point…

Lay it down! Finally, someone telling the truth about how the US is a democracy owned by lobbyists.
Go John Edwards.

Lay it down! Finally, someone telling the truth about how the US is a democracy owned by lobbyists.
Go John Edwards.

With all due respect to Elizabeth, she is NOT the candidate and it's grating to hear her continuously bashing the only female candidate in the race. What's the matter Liz, your hubby can't speak for himself? I have yet to hear Bill Clinton bash any Democratic candidate or any on the Republican side for that matter. The job of the spouse is to extoll the qualifications of her/his spouse, not to do their dirty work!

I was at one time an Edwards supporter but I can no longer support John Edwards, he & his wife constantly WHINE. There seems to be alot of FAKE in how they really care about the common people, they are always asking someone to give something up (like the SUV's) I do not truly believe he is the right man for the job and the same for Elizabeth as first lady…they sound like cry babys…

A mad, mad, mad woman, who is desperately seeking her husband's white house bid. A 36, 000 sq feet mansion, pool, sauna, $400 hair cuts,and 2004's loss in the primary and general election are not enough for her. They want more, like vampires… She is hurting her husband's bid by continuously attacking Hillary! She is despicable.. She has cancer, and she needs to calm down… His father was a mill worker, his 16 years old son died, two america and so on, and they are the same old theme from 2004.

Where's the Beef?

Just because Elizabeth says Hillary stole John's plan doesn't make it so.

Hillary has been working on a Health Care Plan for years. It's just as possible that John stole some of her criteria. In fact, more possible seeing that Elizabeth is so quick to go public to say the exact opposite.

Will she ever stop molly coddling John in front of the world? If John needs that much mothering and molly coddling he'd better stay home as there's no place for that in the White House!
America needs a real leader especially after the excuse for one they've had for eight long years. A hen pecked husband and mamma's boy a President does not make.

I admire Mrs Edwards. But, evertime Hillary comes up with something, why does Elizabeth has to open her mouth? Sometimes you wonder who is running the election, is it her or her husband? She is loosing all the sympathy.

I'm really happy that she went to Jena.

Clinton's campaign better not dismiss Edwards. He's on track to pulling off the upset for the Democratic nomination. While Clinton eats up the press time she's recieving, as well she should, Edwards is putting together a strong organization on the ground. I'd like to know a bit more about what the campaign organization's look like, actually. Haven't heard much on that issue. Nuts and bolts will beat media time anyday of the week.

Jonathan,
You may be right about the "substantive" issue. However, I do not see a catastrophy, now or later, in Ms Rodham Clinton's way to nomination. Mr Edwards should position himself for a ticket place; begnning right now.

That having been said, I should also shower admiration on Ms Edwards. I have a soft spot for women in the political process–and possibly winning.

When is she going to give John his pants back?

Um, if Clinton is so paid off by the lobbyists, and she can't be trusted to handle health care……

Shouldn't her package be very different from Edwards?

You can't have it both ways Mrs. Edwards

As a registered Independent, I've taken a look at several candidates' health plans in order to determine who will get my vote.

Mrs. Edwards is correct when she says Hillary's newly announced Health Care Plan is an almost carbon copy of the John Edwards plan.

What's that old saying, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?"

Hillary must really admire John!

At first I liked E. Edwards. Now she just looks like a pathetic idiot.

Way to go Mrs. Edwards! She is not afraid to speak the substantive truth.

"You can have a meeting with a member of congress if you donate to her campaign."

Elisabeth is missing the $41.5 million dollar elephant in the room. Bill Clinton speaks in front of lobby groups for between $150,000 and $400,000 a speech. Between the years 2000 and 2006, he has made over $1.6 million speaking in front of health care lobbiests. This includes $150,000 from "America's Health Insurance plans" which is the lobby group for the health insurance industry.

All this, of course, while Hillary is serving in the Senate and proposing health care legislation. I wonder if he will charge more per speech now that Hillary has finally come up with a plan?