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Edwards Works Shift at Nursing Home
Edwards has said his health plan would cost between $90 and $120 billion and would be paid for by rolling back tax cuts for those making over $200,000 per year.
He has generally trailed rival Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in most national surveys, but is polling strongly in Iowa, site of the first voting contest next January.
  Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards responds to a question during a campaign town hall meeting in Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (Charles Rex Arbogast - AP) 
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With organized labor one of the most powerful influences in Democratic politics, several of the party's candidates have accepted SEIU's invitation, including Clinton, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. But Edwards, who has aggresively courted labor support, is the first actually to take part in a work visit.
Similar work visits were a favorite campaign approach by Democrat Bob Graham, the former Florida governor and senator who competed briefly for the presidential nomination in 2004.
Graham tried his hand at a range of jobs beginning in 1974, working as a chicken plucker, sheet metal worker and busboy, among other things. He completed over 400 work visits before retiring from politics in 2004.
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