Enough About You, Let’s Talk About Me

(2008-01-30) — Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards today quit the race for the Democrat presidential nomination, and immediately endorsed Republican frontrunner Sen. John McCain.

“As the presidential field narrows, I just didn’t feel there would be room in the race for two white males who favor amnesty for illegal aliens, who opposed Bush’s tax cuts, who believe in global warming and that the U.S. is largely responsible, who support limits on free speech in political campaigns, who have worked to stop conservative judicial nominees, and who think that it’s better that thousands of people die rather than pouring some water up the nose of a terrorist.”

While Mr. Edwards played down speculation that he might bring balance to the ticket as Sen. McCain’s running mate, he noted that it would be “a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to team up with an actual Vietnam war hero.”