But if we’re honest, we have to admit that none of this is quite enough to separate Edwards from the competition. But then, like a two-legged version of the legendary race horse Silky Sullivan, he pulls away on the far turn and hits the wire a nose ahead of Gore, Reid, Biden, Byrd and Murtha. And of all places, he does it in Iowa. It was there that the man who crusades like a skinny Michael Moore on behalf of universal health coverage was asked if he’d like America to have the same program as Cuba. He first said he wasn’t sure. But then, like a student who’d been told once too often that there are no stupid questions, he asked if Cuba’s program was government-controlled. And this is the fellow who insists that Hillary and Obama are out of touch.
Ask Edwards about haircuts, and he’s a walking encyclopedia. Ask him who runs things in a Communist dictatorship, and he’s stumped.
So, should you ever find yourself on “Jeopardy!” with the category being Hypocrisy, and Alex Trebek says, “John Edwards,” be sure to buzz in with “Who’s the biggest, dumbest hypocrite in American politics?”