John Edwards actually said...

"Now that he's out of the race, I think a lot of voters will be attracted to me, because they know I'm the one person left in this race who has won a tough race in the south."

"This is a guy that can beat George Bush every place in America, in the north, in the west, in the Midwest and talking like this in the south."

"This is not George Bush's backyard. This is my backyard."

"This is a man who campaigned for the last week, indeed for the last two weeks, saying, I'm a southerner. I can win here in the south."