Barbers in Iowa could not believe their ears when they heard that John Edwards got a 400 dollar haircut:

Quad-City barbers put down their shears and sputtered words like “preposterous” and “impossible” Wednesday when they heard of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spending $400 for a haircut. In the Quad-Cities, $10 or $12 is about average. “If I charged $400 for a haircut, they’d come after me with white coats,” said Leo Fier, who has been cutting hair for 49 years at his shop in DeWitt, Iowa.

Edwards’ campaign committee filed a financial report with the Federal Election Commission noting that the White House hopeful paid $400 for haircuts in California and New Hampshire, and $248 for salon services in Dubuque, Iowa.

Is John Edwards haircut really that slick? To be perfectly honest, it looks like my fathers 11.00 haircut, and, in the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that my father’s barber is blind italian octogenarian who smells of alcohol and halitosis.

I’ll give you a bowl cut for a dollah