He opens his mouth.

He obviously has a case of Leftourettes. He recently repeated his call to [dis]honor the troops Memorial Day weekend. Unsatisfied with that weeks old bit he decided to go further.

“There’s another thing we need to do as patriots, to serve the men and women who are serving this country in Iraq, and that is to speak out this weekend,” Edwards said.

He said ending the war is key to repairing the damaged U.S. reputation abroad.

“America desperately needs to reclaim our moral position in the world, which has been so devastated,” he said. “America has to be a force for good. … The world thinks we’re a bully and we’re selfish.”

But his Leftourettes didn’t stop there.

“One of the things we ought to be thinking about is some level of mandatory service to our country, so that everybody in America — not just the poor kids who get sent to war — are serving this country,” Edwards said.

Uh, what?

He tried to back peddle, of course.

After the event, Edwards said he had not meant to imply that only the poor go to war, only that everyone should serve in some way.

Then that’s what you should have said. But those who suffer from Leftourettes just can’t help themselves.