Despite his groveling, abject apologies, and generally contrite statements about his vote in favor of the Iraq War in 2002, John Edwards can't seem to shake his past completely. Via the "indispensable" Jim Geraghty at NRO, we find this report from Scot Lehigh of The Boston Globe:
AS HE runs for president, John Edwards has cast himself as a candidate who puts candor ahead of politics by saying he was wrong to vote for the Iraq war resolution.
But candor wasn't what he counseled as John Kerry's vice-presidential nominee, when he argued strongly against admitting error on Iraq, according to veterans of the 2004 campaign.* * * * *
"I specifically remember Edwards having a very distinct take," says one person in attendance, who paraphrases Edwards's argument this way: "We need to stick to this. We should stand by our votes, say we would vote that way again. If you admit a mistake, it shows weakness in time of war. That's what the Republicans want us to do."
Adds a senior adviser who was there: "There was a discussion about how to answer the question: 'Was your vote on Iraq a mistake?' John Edwards had a very strong opinion that we should not waver, and it would show a sign of weakness if we did." A third source confirms those accounts.
Read the whole article at the Globe link above. As Geraghty notes, these unnamed sources have to be Kerry people. Is this some vendetta against Edwards for his perceived lackluster campaigning as Kerry's running mate? Or is Kerry genuinely considering getting in the race and trying to take some of the shine off of Edwards' apologies to the moonbat wing?
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