LOL, probably not. But someone appears to have given him similar advice as that I've been pushing for some time. For just one of many examples (most of them are buried deep in comment threads--this was easier to find), I
wrote on November 6 that "the candidates are flogging the Iraq issue like a dead horse; they need positive prescriptions for America's future".
Now, just last night at the debate, John Edwards had the following to say:
People are tired of listening to politicians yell at each other. What they want from us and what we have to offer in order to win is something other than anger and something other than criticism.
We have to offer a positive, optimistic, uplifting vision for this country. The American people are hungry for it. They are looking for it. They're tired of our complaints about each other. They want to know what we are going to do for their lives. And I, for one, I intend to offer them that positive vision.
Good for him!