Edwards' father was a millworker

Not quite all.

First & foremost, he's a slimeball lawyer with Tort on the mind. I don't mean tort reform but Tort commissions for him.

But some of Edwards' critics say that as a trial lawyer, he relied more on his verbal skills than the latest scientific evidence to persuade juries that the doctors' mistakes had been instrumental in causing the cerebral palsy in the infants.

Edwards' trial summaries "routinely went beyond a recitation of his case to a heart-wrenching plea to jurors to listen to the unspoken voices of injured children," according to a comprehensive analysis of Edwards' legal career by The Boston Globe in 2003.

The Globe cited an example of Edwards' oratorical skills from a medical malpractice trial in 1985. Edwards had alleged that a doctor and a hospital had been responsible for the cerebral palsy afflicting then-five-year-old Jennifer Campbell.

'I have to tell you right now -- I didn't plan to talk about this -- right now I feel her (Jennifer), I feel her presence,' Edwards told the jury according to court records. "[Jennifer's] inside me and she's talking to you ... And this is what she says to you. She says, 'I don't ask for your pity. What I ask for is your strength. And I don't ask for your sympathy, but I do ask for your courage,'"

Edwards' emotional plea worked. Jennifer Campbell's family won a record jury verdict of $6.5 million against the hospital where the girl was born - a judgment reduced later to $2.75 million on appeal. Edwards also settled with Jennifer's obstetrician for $1.5 million.
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Well heck it is awfully hard to argue with
the fact that he reportedly pocketed 150 Mil
and we wonder why health care is expensive!

Aw crap I’ll ditch any form of common decency
if you’ll pay me $150,000,000.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the heck would I care if the quality of prenatal
care declines for the little people?
 
Winky said:
What the heck would I care if the quality of prenatal
care declines for the little people?
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Oh sorry I forgot the Dems ARE the party of
"the little people"?
 
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