It takes an enormous amount of gall to be Democrat presidential hopeful John Edwards.

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice.

Edwards says Americans should be asked to drive more fuel efficient vehicles. He says he would ask them to give up SUVs.

Edwards got a standing ovation when he said weapons and equipment used by America's military needs to be made in the United States. He says tanks and ammunition for M16 rifles are being made in other countries.

He says jobs that provide equipment for America's defense need to be made in the United States.

People might be more swayed by Edwards' pleas for sacrifice if his home wasn't larger than most big-box stores. Seriously, why doesn't anyone call this schmuck on the glaring hypocrisy.

For the record, our tanks and ammunition are being built here.