E. Edwards Praises Clinton Health Plan

Trailing significantly in most recent North Carolina polls, Hillary Clinton would like nothing more than to somehow wrestle an endorsement from John Edwards before his home state votes on May 6th. So far, the former senator and presidential candidate has not given any signals as to whether he even will make an endorsement, let alone toward which candidate he may be leaning towards. But his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, did give the nod to Clinton's health care plan over Barack Obama's in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" today.

"I do think that in order to ensure that we have universal coverage we need to say that everybody has to join, so for that reason the mandates that Senator Clinton is talking about I think will actually be more successful in achieving the goal," Edwards said. "I think they both have the same goals, I just have more confidence in Senator Clinton's policy than Senator Obama's on this particular issue."

What constitutes "universal coverage" and how to best get there has been one of the major flashpoints during the campaign, with Clinton insisting the lack of mandates in the Obama plan would inevitably leave many adults uninsured. As for an endorsement, Elizabeth Edwards said her husband continues to talk with both candidates but cautioned, "we think that what we have to offer them is not so much an endorsement as a perspective on what we found as we crossed the country on what people think are important issues and the solutions that seemed most realistic."