If Republicans voted in the Democratic presidential primary, John Edwards’ latest move would look like a winner:

The choice for our party could not be more clear. We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of corporate Democrats, just swapping the Washington insiders of one party for the Washington insiders of the other. The American people deserve to know that their presidency is not for sale, the Lincoln Bedroom is not for rent, and lobbyist money can no longer influence policy in the House or the Senate.

Of course, Republicans don’t vote in Democratic primaries (or rarely do so), and most Democrats have insisted for years that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the iconic symbol of American government, the home of Lincoln, FDR, Truman and Reagan being run like a bed and breakfast for DNC donors.

I hate to say it, since I think it’s such a legitimate line of inquiry and criticism against Hillary, but I’ll bet this gets widely interpreted as a desperation move on Edwards’ part. He’ll get slammed for “repeating right-wing noise machine talking points” and being “a Fox News Democrat” and “deviations from acceptable discourse authorized by The Party must be punished with reeducation” and the usual response from the rest of the party.