[jm951]

Provincial?? So it's better to wade in without understanding the players first??

That's what happens with some foreign posters here on the American political scene. Take Edwards for example, he probably wouldn't be reelected here in NC for the Senate, so he had better run for something. He's made his pile on malpractice suits based on doubious science, but not many have taken the time to check it out. Kinda hard to go against a kid with CP if you're on a jury and Edwards is in the room. Never mind that the causes of CP aren't proven, but Edwards never takes a case he doesn't think he could possibly win. Ask a doctor why his malpractice premiums are sky high and the cost of health care in NC are going way up, and you might hear Johnnie boy's name mentioned in the mix more than once.