Presidential candidate John Edwards called the flap over his $400 haircut "embarrassing."
Appearing on the nationally syndicated Ed Schultz radio show today, he said he didn't realize the haircut would be so expensive, Rob Christensen reports.
"This particular thing is really embarrassing," Edwards told a live audience of about 250 people in the student union auditorium on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
"No one should pay $400 for a haircut," he said.
Because of a heavy schedule of campaigning, Edwards said he often gets his hair cut in hotel rooms. He said staff arranged it, so he didn't realize how much it would cost.
"I knew it was going to be expensive," he said. "I don't want to mislead. When a haircut guy comes to your hotel to cut your hair, it's not going to be cheap."
Last week, his campaign said that Edwards would reimburse it for the cost of the haircuts.
Edwards was joined by his wife, Elizabeth. For about an hour, they also answered questions from the host and the audience on Iraq, health care and the genocide in Darfur.
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Re: Edwards' bad haircut
Of course it's embarrassing! And no one should pay $400 for a haircut as Edwards said.
But this speaks volumes not only about Edwards' management style and abilities and quite possibly the lack thereof about small details as well.It also says something about the incompetence of his staff. The "inner circle of palace guards" (since he has layed the blame on them)
Robert E. Kubicek, JD