Trying to get some traction in New Hampshire with far-left voters who think that the US needs a big dose of socialism, John Edwards prattles away here with language that sounds a lot like the old British Labor Party.

Edwards says he’s going to “ask many Americans to make sacrifices.” Let’s at least be honest about it, John — you’re going to demand sacrifices. Then all the sacrifices imposed so he can preside over universal health care, college for everyone, a “fair” distribution of income and many other central planning notions will tank the economy and make lots of people poorer in the short run and everyone poorer in the long run, just as the socialist agenda did in England.