OK, my bad.

Here's just a morsel of "food for thought":

Perhaps Christopher Reeve being the most well known person with a spinal cord injury was the motivation behind Edwards statement. After all If he would have said:" People like Joe Schmo are going to get out of their wheelchairs and walk again" it probably wouldn't have had the same impact on high schoolers who, as you so often point out, only seem to relate to what they see on TV?

Or... perhaps he hadn't heard the news yet? Either way, I'll personally give him the benefit of the doubt... just as I would Dick Cheney if he had said it.