From Roger Simon’s column today:

We have seen and heard presidential candidates do some pretty dumb things. . .
But I don’t think we have ever heard of a candidate doing what John Edwards reportedly did during a speech in Rochester, N.Y., Monday when, according to the Center for Disability Rights, Edwards “patted the heads of people in wheelchairs.”
According to the group, as reported by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, one member of the audience, Debbie Bonomo, said that just because she is a woman who is in a wheelchair “does not mean anyone should be patting me on the head.”
Edwards spokesperson Colin Van Ostern said: “I’m sure his interaction with them was intended to be respectful.”
He patted their heads? Is Edwards confused between disabled people and collies?