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Kerry on Edwards...
Larry J — (archived)

from last January:

Apparently taking notice of Edwards's growing popularity, Kerry criticized the North Carolinian's experience yesterday.

"I like John Edwards a lot," Kerry said at a town hall meeting on the Newton campus of Des Moines Area Community College.

"He's a capable, talented person. But I believe the nominee of our party has to be somebody who has the experience necessary to stand up to the onslaught that will come from the Republicans," Kerry added. "If they run this race on national security and you have a nominee who has been in the Senate four years, and that is the full extent of public life -- no international experience, no military experience -- you can imagine what the advertising is going to be next year."

Kerry, 60, then joked: "When I came back from Vietnam in 1969, I don't know if John Edwards was out of diapers then. No, I'm sure he was out of diapers by then."

Edwards is 50.

Pretty well sums it up. Kerry is ranked as the #1 most liberal member of the Senate. Edwards is ranked the 4th most liberal. Kerry has been in the Senate for about 20 years and has done just about nothing. Edwards has been in the Senate for 4 years and has done just about nothing. Ah, balance.

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