some eyebrows, how about John Edwards‘ decision to respond to it this way?

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FMR SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think what we need in a commander-in-chief is strength and resolve. And you know, presidential campaigns are tough business, but being president of the United States is also very tough business. The president of the United States is faced with very, very difficult challenges every single day.

MADDOW: Well, you know, that was a misstep. And I actually had Mudcat Saunders. He‘s a friend of mine who‘s been an adviser to Edwards. I had him on the radio show on the day of the Clinton event. He said the same thing.

And my reaction was like, that was harsh and just seemed out of line. I saw Edwardstonight‘s “Winners and Losers.”

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ABRAMS: Do you know the Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and its satellite facilities make up the largest concentration of Marines and U.S. Navy sailors in the world? Coming up, a camp Lejeune Marine eight months pregnant is missing tonight after witnessing some sort of incident on the base. Coming up.

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ABRAMS: Tonight, the search continues for a missing and pregnant Marine. Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach has not been seen since December the 14th. She‘s now nine months pregnant and due to give birth any day. She was supposed to be a witness in a case about some sort of incident that occurred at the base at Camp Lejeune where she was stationed. But the question that people are asking is, was there some