Interesting seeing John Edwards use King George as a foil:

In a speech Friday, Edwards launched a fresh effort to convince Iowans that he would be an aggressive advocate, comparing his fight for the middle class to the Revolutionary War.

“When America was founded, there were people who wanted to negotiate with King George. Imagine if we had followed that path,” Edwards said.

Why?  Because it wasn’t that long ago — 2004 actually — that King George was cited by Ralph Nader — against John Edwards:

Dear Senator Edwards:

When are you going to stand up and defend our civil justice system from the vicious, corporatist, insurance industry battering by their mouth pieces, George W. Bush, Bill Frist et al., day after day? Hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans are injured, made sick or lose their lives by corporate recklessness, deception and cover-up every year. Why can’t John Edwards and John Kerry stand up for these defenseless people against the wrongdoers, their lobbies and their insurance industry profiteers?

The truth must be told. The lies must be exposed. The doors to our courts must be kept open. Our judges and juries must not have their hands tied. People should have their full day in court. This is the American way, since our forebearers fought King George III in 1776, and our founders gave us our constitutional right to trial by jury.

Wonder what else John Edwards is picking up from Ralph Nader’s playbook.