Edwards has staked out a strong position on universal healthcare. Apparently, he’s the first to be pushing this particular issue:
Democratic presidential contender John Edwards says it is more important to invest in universal health care and lifting people out of poverty than to reduce the budget deficit.
The 2004 vice presidential nominee said in an interview broadcast Sunday said “there is a tension” between the two directions, but he has made his choice.
“If I were choosing now between which is more important, I think the investments are more important,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”
I see the mention of Universal Healthcare as a very smart bit of anti-Hillary maneuvering.
