John Edwards Takes Campaign To Michigan By Staff Apr 23, 2007 U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards told an audience in Detroit the United States must get out of Iraq as soon as possible. Edwards called the Iraq War a "bleeding sore" as he spoke to more than 2,000 Democrats at a dinner Saturday, The Detroit News reported. "America needs to be leaving Iraq, this is very, very simple," said Edwards, 53, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. "We have had multiple surges, none of them worked."