Here's the line from John Edwards' dropping out speech that really touched me, as he spoke about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: It's time for me to step aside so that history can -- so that history can blaze its path. We do not know who will take the final steps to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but what we do know is that our Democratic Party will make history.It was a nod to the fact that whoever now wins the Democratic nomination, she or he will represent a historic first, a culmination of the social movements that defined twentieth century America and that continue to invigorate the American liberal movement. It will be, indeed, a proud moment for progressives, and Edwards had the grace to recognize that today.--Dana Goldstein
