John Edwards abandoned his bid for the presidency of our great country today, and as we resign ourselves to not seeing him in the White House, I have deep concerns we’re also resigning ourselves to no universal health care. Since leaving a staff job a little more than a year ago, I’ve come to painful awareness of the costs of health insurance and medical care in the States. Although the mortgage debacle is ruining people who gambled with their homes, medical costs ruin people who never chose to be ill. There are more bankruptcies due to medical expenses than any other single reason, and they don’t occur only to people who gamble with their health. It could be you… it could be me. I hope we will all continue to press for this important policy.