"If you don't pass universal health care by July of 2009... I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."

John Edwards threatens Congress ... idly.

The Democrats often criticize Bush for having an overbroad theory of executive power, but at least when Bush grasps for power, it's for things the President can do on his own, leaving Congress and the courts hard pressed to stop him. But Edwards it promising to do something that a President can't possibly do on his own.