I don't have to send my Absentee ballot till Feb 19th. But tomorrow I will vote "EDWARDS" and mail it in. At the General Election I may have to pinch my nose with a clothespin and vote for one of the two 'Corporate Candidates' but not this go-around. I won't bother with the caucus since my County Dems have probably already got it decided, they play pretty fast and loose up here. But at least I can add my little tiny voice as much as possible. Go Edwards!

Grew up poor too. Five of us kids and I was the 'Chosen One' with all of the medical issues. Several ear surgeries and a spinal fusion, no medical insurance. Dad was a grocery clerk and Mom a stay at home Mom. Can I repeat? No Medical Insurance, they had no money to buy it!

Mom ironed for hire and baked bread for the Surgeons' wives. 3-cents a shirt, 5-cents a sheet. Mom paid off those surgeries nickel by nickel. These days I'm sure that Doctors wouldn't be as willing to barter for services. I have medical insurance 50 years later, but it's been skyrocketing, $653 per month off the top of the pension - after the taxes. Endless denials of coverage, more co-pays, less pharmacy payments. So, John Edwards was the FIRST to really look at and make proposals that Obama and Clinton later tried to emulate. With so much of the insurance/pharmacy paying Clinton's campaign, I CANNOT believe that they wouldn't expect kickbacks if she should get elected. The American Public could look forward to getting financially wrung out even MORE to dry! Plus, he was right in that last debate. One can't keep offering pie-in-the-sky proposals W/O saying how you intend to pay for them.

Yes, Edwards DOES get it! He's made mistakes and admitted them and learned from them. The others O/H may have made mistakes but they sure ain't 'fessing up. We NEED Edwards to take back our country! I'm truly afraid that if he doesn't get the nomination we may easily find ourselves with another 4/8 years ruled by another Republican Regime. Not sure this country can afford that possibility.