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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was asked by a supporter late Tuesday about how he would respond to possible personal attacks on his background , especially if he won the Democratic nomination, that could frame him as” an ambulance-chasing” lawyer. However, the supporter, presented one
mandate from Edwards for his response: He must tell his favorite lawyer joke.

Edwards, laughed, pondered a minute, and then prefaced his joke by saying that he “swore of lawyer jokes”, then dove right in.

Edwards also said that his experiences taking on big corporations as lawyer would help him take on special interests in Washington as president.

However, no laughing matter for Edwards was the pledge he gave earlier in the day during the debate over China-Made Toys. Edwards,a father of two young children, pledged that no toys made in China would be purchased in the Edwards household over the Christmas season. I asked him about this during the avail; if he thought his Democratic rivals should also take similar pledges, and if Americans, as a whole, should avoid buying
China-made toys over Christmas.

After getting strong reviews from his NPR debate performance in Des Moines, Edwards takes a day off to spend time with family in North Carolina, then will be campaigning in South Carolina, before heading to New Hampshire.