Dem VP Choice Edwards Gives Bush Campaign Liability Reform Opening
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The selection of Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), a former trial attorney, as the Democratic candidate for Vice President has provided President Bush's reelection campaign with a broadened avenue of attack on medical malpractice reform, one of the White House's chief health policy issues
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