Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has slammed Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton for bickering. He says it's what's wrong with American politics, but to me it's an indicator that any news is good news for Edwards.

Part of the strategy of winning a party's presidential nomination is to be differentiated from the competition early enough so as to be viable later. One of the main reasons Obama attacks Clinton is to have himself mentioned in the same breath as the New York stateswoman. Because Obama has been the underdog thus far, he's needed to do this.

While Clinton responds to these attacks, providing the impetus for Edwards' comments, she's the frontrunner and is typically responding and trying to achieve some level of perceived statesmanship without attacking anybody first. Not that Hillary is an angel; it's just that frontrunners don't take the first jabs.

What Edwards is doing though is attacking the both of them in the same way that Obama attacks Clinton. Therefore, if what Edwards says is true relative to the sorry state of American politics, then it also applies to him. Any face time JE can get on national television is good for him; unfortunately, nothing that comes from his lips is palatable to me.