Spare Us The Details
Kevin is right, here and here. I don't have any idea why Edwards would think it smart to spell out in detail how he (thinks he) would enforce the individual mandate in his healthcare proposal. If they thought he might actually win the nomination, Republicans would be licking their Rovian chops over his answer. So the government will garnish my wages if I don't buy health insurance....? Greeeeat. I'm sure that his Republican opponents wouldn't ignore all of the nuance and caveats in the plan and just bash a caricature of it, right?