Delaware's Democratic Senator and presidential wannabe, Joe Biden was interviewed by reporters from KDKA television and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday. The partial transcript published by the Post-Gazette contains this nugget about Edwards backpedaling on Iraq:
Former Sen John Edwards of North Carolina recently said his vote to authorize the war was a mistake. Biden's reaction:
"I think he did make a mistake. He voted for the war and against funding it, I think that was a mistake.
Edwards' "I made a mistake" ploy reminds me of George W. Romney's 1968 claim that his initial support for the Vietnam War was the result of his being "brainwashed" by the U.S. military during a tour of the Southeast Asian country. Romney abandoned his bid for the Republican presidential nomination two weeks before the 1968 New Hampshire primary.
Edwards' "mistake" should have the same consequences for his presidential ambitions as Romney's brainwashing had on his.
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