As you know, although this is blackmystory.com, I comment on other things in the world around me. You might also know that, when it comes to kids who have been victimized, I don’t care about color. My issues, by and large, are with adults, not young people.

So, I was outraged when I read about the death 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan. Nataline had been denied a liver transplant by her health care provider, Cigna. After 9 days of protesting and bad press, Cigna relented but, it was too late. Just hours after the approval, Nataline died.

Presidential candidate, John Edwards, has made taking on big corporations on behalf of average Americans a part of his platform. In speeches, he has cited this story as an example of what he sees as part of the problem. This prompted the Sarkisyan family to reach out to the Edwards campaign and pledge their support for his presidency.

Now, when it comes to the death of a young girl, most political folks would steer clear of criticizing such a thing.

Unfortunately, for the Clinton campaign, they don’t have enough of those folks. Instead, Clinton spokesman Jay Carson wades knee-deep in the muck with an email stating, “the references in Senator Clinton’s speeches are about people she has actually helped and changes she has actually made, not stories she’s pulled from the newspaper and included in her stump.”

Perhaps, in a clumsy way, Carson was trying to tout Clinton’s experience. But, instead, he came off as trying to score a cheap shot at the expense of a dead child.

Wasting little time, Edwards fired back:

“This campaign doesn’t seem to have a conscience…The more I thought about it, the idea that somehow everything is about them, I mean, it’s an indication that they have no conscience about what’s at stake here. These families are who this is about. It’s not about them, nor is it about me. It’s about whether we’re going to actually stand up and fight for these people and how much we care about them.”

Just one day from the primary voting in New Hampshire and with their candidate apparently trailing in the polls to Barack Obama, this is the last thing this campaign needed. But, if this is any indication of what could be expected in a Clinton candidacy, it is perhaps a blessing that this is coming out, now.

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