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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Why Edwards Is Confident About Health Care Politics

By Marc Ambinder
Sep 17 2007, 1:03 PM ET Comment

According to his advisers:

(1) He was first out of the gate with a plan to insure everyone; Clinton's plan borrows heavily from Edwards's.

(2) Edwards has credibility with Iowa voters on domestic policy issues, like health care.

(3) Elizabeth Edwards's health worries provide a subtext and prevent Edwards's opponents from criticizing him too much.

(4) This mantra: "
Edwards said on the first day of his administration he would submit legislation that ends health care coverage for the president, all members of Congress, and all senior political appointees in both branches of government on July 20th, 2009 - unless universal health care legislation that meets four specific, non-negotiable principles has been passed by that date.
" -- In other words, Edwards is bolder than Obama.

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