Although I’m backing Obama for president, I was sorry to see John Edwards leave the fray this morning. I think Edwards is a good one as politicians go. But while he’s got great experience and a level head, he’s not really a dramatic change from the business of Washington, is he?

And the truth is that, as good a president as I think Edwards would be, I think Obama would be great. It’s really time for a radical change in how this country conceives of leadership. It’s time to abandon our militaristic protectionism and take steps to recover from our addiction to – our co-dependence with – fear.

I feel like Obama is just the fundamental change we need.

I hope that Edwards will find something better to do, something more fun than being president, maybe something that allows him more time with his family. As a case in point, I don’t know if Al Gore would have had the latitude to do what he has for environmental awareness, if he’d been sitting in the Oval Office.