John Edwards, at the latest debate, continues to run against lobbyists. He says we don’t have health care because of medical companies and their lobbyists and we haven’t tackled global warming because of energy companies and their lobbyists. “We’ve all stood by and let this happen and that includes me, I’m guilty.”

Sound bite: “Are you willing to look your children in the eye tonight and say, ‘I’m turning this mess over to you.’?”