And While We're On Subject of John Edwards' Hypocrisy

In the two Americas, there is one where we stand in line ourselves to get good deals at Wal-Mart. Then, there's John Edwards' America, who sends flunkies to stand in line for him.

Wal-Mart claims that former North Carolina Senator John Edwards asked his local Wal-Mart store for help in getting a hot new Sony PlayStation Three.

The potential 2008 presidential candidate says a volunteer made the call by mistake, and feels terrible about it.

Edwards, a prominent critic of the company, had taken part in a conference call yesterday with union-led activists who are trying to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.

Wal-Mart says the same day, an Edwards staff member asked a Raleigh, North Carolina, electronics department manager to obtain a P-S-Three for the ex-senator’s family. A company statement accuses Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.

Edwards says it was a volunteer who made the call after hearing that the Edwards family had wanted a P-S-Three.

Edwards also says the volunteer now realizes that he shouldn’t have used the former senator’s name.

It was all a simple mistake. A "botched joke."