I doubt you could find a single Democrat who didn't, at one time, toy with some private investment plan as a part of Social Security, myself included. We've fortunately mostly all woken up from that bad dream. But, as with most things, what matters is where Edwards is now on the whole nonsense. If he's your guy, ignore Drudge.
...now he has the details. Still a dumb idea, but nothing to do with what the Bushies are proposing. At the time remember there were genuine concerns about what to do with surplus SS money once the government no longer needed to issue T-Bills for new debt. Haha, remember those silly days?