Elizabeth Edwards will join the Center for American Progress as a senior fellow.

The wife of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards will work on health-care issues and write for a newly launched blog called the "Wonk Room," the nonprofit announced yesterday.

"As many can attest, I have an opinion on everything," she said in a statement. "But I am particularly concerned about the state of health care in America and I am grateful to CAP for giving me the chance to continue to advocate for universal and quality health care coverage for all."

Edwards also said she will continue her push for universal health care coverage.

The nonprofit policy research and advocacy organization was created in 2003 as an alternative to conservative think tanks. Founded by former John Podesta, the former chief of staff to President Clinton, it has strong ties to Hillary Clinton.

That led Jay Carnery of Time magazine to speculate on the meaning of the announcement:

"Does the fact that Elizabeth is coming aboard CAP signal that John is finally going to endorse, and that he'll throw his support to Clinton?"

John Edwards' newest adviser could be John Mayer.

New York magazine reports that the adult alternative singer met the presidential candidate at the Time 100 gala for the most influential people in the world, which included Elizabeth Edwards. 

Mayer offered his tips for connecting with young people:

"He was talking about the language of young people, his generation," Edwards said. "He basically said, 'You've got to get me in the first twenty seconds. I watch movies on YouTube, and if they're 25 seconds long, they're five seconds too long.'" Edwards said that he set up a meeting with Mayer to hear more from the singer.

Apparently, Edwards didn't take his advice, since he asked to hear yet another 20 seconds from Mayer. 

Elizabeth Edwards was honored last night as one of Time magazine's 100 "most influential people in the world." But for the New York Post, the interest was in where all the famous folks were sitting at the black-tie dinner in New York.

The list is not ranked, and Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel - who was assigned to Table 10 with former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, his wife Elizabeth, an honoree, and another honoree, "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera - insists it is not a "hot list" but rather something that measures the intangible quality of "influence."

Still, media watchers for the sheer sport of it have come to scrutinize the seating chart of the attendees to see who snags the best tables and liveliest seating companions.

Among those attending, according to the Post, were Oprah Winfrey, Henry Kissinger, Michael J. Fox and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.