Edwards picks up Mass. backers

Much has been made about the support Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have attracted in Massachusetts. But John Edwards is racking up his own list of Bay State endorsements, and he's got some prominent names of his own.

Those backing Edwards in 2008 include former attorney general and man-about-town Scott Harshbarger, Norfolk DA William R. Keating, Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola, Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn, and state Representative Ron Mariano of Quincy.

"John Edwards brings to this race the compassion, experience, integrity, and vision to lift our nation from the failure of the past six years to truly become this century's first great American leader," Harshbarger said in a statement released by Edwards's campaign. "And I and the others who join me in supporting him are committed to doing all we can to ensure he has that opportunity."