No Military Draft if Dems Win

Yahoo! News - Edwards: No Military Draft if Dems Win: " Vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) promised a West Virginia mother on Wednesday that if the Democratic ticket is elected in November the military draft would not be revived.

During a question-and-answer session, the mother of a 23-year-old who recently graduated from West Virginia University asked Edwards whether the draft would be reinstated.

'There will be no draft when John Kerry (news - web sites) is president,' Edwards said, a statement that drew a standing ovation. "