Okay, I'm going to jump on the Edwards band wagon! Really, I want this guy to win now. After all, he's offered mandatory health care. I think that would be a GREAT thing for this country.

No, not because it will work, but because it won't.

You see, under John Edwards' plan, there's only two ways to make it work. For those who haven't read about his plan, he's proposed mandatory health care. He actually said that people would not have the option to NOT have required medical checkups.

To implement this, he can do it one of two ways. For option #1, he's going to have new health police go to people's houses and drag them off to the doctor. I suppose he could have the doctors make forced housecalls, but I think it would be more efficient to just have the health police come arrest people and take them away for their mandatory screenings. I'll be sure and get pictures in case the press decides not to publish those.

For option #2, he can set the system up so that if you haven't participated in the mandatory screenings, you won't be allowed to use the official government system. I'd like to see the person who arrives at the emergency room and is denied care because they didn't participate in the mandatory system. Again, I'll get some pictures.

In either case, government will expand to the point of explosion. An underground system will be sure to develop. The non-government doctors will need protection -- from the government. Underground systems will expand to meet the needs of people. While the government will certainly crush (and kill) many of those systems (and the people in them), some will survive. And at last it will be obvious that the Constitution simply does not apply any more. I will be happy to finally see the revolution.

Vote Edwards 08!