Edwards' response: "Who's she?"

When informed that Mrs. Rabin was the widow of Yitzhak Rabin, Edwards reportedly asked, "Who was he?"

The story, originally reported by the Washington Monthly a year ago, is reminiscent of President Bush's interview with a Boston Globe reporter in 2000, who stumped Bush by asking him to identify the leaders of five Third World countries.

But for Edwards the political damage could be far worse. While few politicians could have answered the Bush questions correctly, Edwards is probably the only senator on Capitol Hill who had no idea who Prime Minister Rabin was.

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