"This is the time for political courage" Edwards at DNC Winter mtg

"This is the time for political courage - not only when it comes to speaking out against Iraq, but also about the challenges we face here at home.

Because, when it comes to 37 million Americans living in poverty, silence is betrayal...When it comes to 47 million Americans without health care, silence is betrayal...And it's time we stood up for an energy policy that's not dictated by the profit margins of Big Oil -- and an environmental policy that's not promoted by or regulated by polluters. Today, not tomorrow, or in the next decade or in the next generation. Today, our planet is at risk, and here, again, silence is betrayal."

[Cross posted at Edwards in 08.]