OK, politicians are ambitious, they want more and more power.  Also, some of them actually believe in something.  And this is the bottom line problem with Senator Obama.  

I know some Edwards folks are still heartbroken and unable to commit (trust me, I understand--I felt the same way about Dean in 2004). But for those of you currently shopping around for a candidate, I thought I'd give a shot at putting the relative commitment of the candidates to Edwards' key issues into some perspective, as evidenced by their life stories and actions.

The following information is taken from Wikipedia, from various various organizations' mission statements, and from Hillary's autobiography, Living History.