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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.
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The Edwards Ad: Unconstitutional Or Uncomfortable

By Marc Ambinder

Nov 13 2007, 2:38 PM ET Comment

John Edwards:

But if you don’t pass universal health care by July of 2009, in six months, I’m going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you




The constitutional issue is one thing:

But -- is Edwards saying he would deprive the children of legislators of health care if their parents couldn't agree? That sword of Damocles doesn't seem very Iowa friendly...

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