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Edwards: Passion for health reform keeps me going
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-05 10:58 Edwards returned to the public stage only recently after her husband's affair became public in August. She made clear Saturday that she intends to continue speaking publicly against the health care policies of Republican presidential nominee John McCain. She fervently supports mandatory universal health coverage, while McCain supports free-market policies and a tax break to help drive down the cost of care.
Edwards, who declined to speak to reporters after the event, referred to her husband only glancingly on Saturday, as she described helping him put together his health care proposal. John Edwards hasn't held any public events since acknowledging an affair with a woman hired to produce videos of him in 2006. He has canceled all appearances until after the election. After Saturday's discussion of health care, Edwards was asked by a young admirer in the audience what a typical day was like for her. She responded with a list of activities focused on her young kids, Jack and Emma Claire, that sounded like the day of any typical suburban mom. "Yesterday we had a baseball game," she said, describing how Jack had made a particularly good play. "Emma Claire had dance class. Tomorrow is a Cub Scout hike. My life looks a lot like the lives of other mothers around this country, except when I get up at 6 a.m. and fly to New York for the day." |
