Elizabeth Edwards Pushes Back on Shrum Charges

ABC’s Jake Tapper reports: In his new book, "No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner," Democratic operative Bob Shrum writes that he once asked former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC,  "What is your position, Mr. Edwards, on gay rights?"

"I’m not comfortable around those people," Edwards replied, according to Shrum, adding that the candidate’s wife, Elizabeth, told him: "John, you know that’s wrong."

Sunday on CNN, Elizabeth Edwards took issue with that story, as well as a different one about his vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, and had a more detailed recollection.

"I believe that Bob Shrum brought up the issues of gays and lesbians," Elizabeth Edwards said, "and John said, ‘You know, I come from a small southern town, Baptist, you know….This is, I honestly,’ he said, ‘honestly an abstract issue for me because’ he said, ‘you know, I don’t really know, as far as I know, know any gay people. You know, so, sort of talk to me about it.’

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