WATCH: Top Conservative Says Anti-Tax Pledge 'Not Conservative, Not Rational, Not Adult'

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Grover Norquist, head of the Americans for Tax Reform advocacy group, speaks at a session entitled 'Scrap the Code: Towards Pro-Growth Tax Reform' at the conservative Americans for Prosperity (AFP) 'Defending the American Dream Summit' in Washington on November 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Grover Norquist, head of the Americans for Tax Reform advocacy group, speaks at a session entitled 'Scrap the Code: Towards Pro-Growth Tax Reform' at the conservative Americans for Prosperity (AFP) 'Defending the American Dream Summit' in Washington on November 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

In a preview of this weekend's Moyers & Company, former Republican congressman Mickey Edwards, a founding father of modern conservative politics, talks about Grover Norquist's beguiling ability to hold elected officials to absolute anti-tax positions.

"It's not conservatism, not rational, not adult," Edwards tells Bill. "It's a 12-year-old kind of thinking."

Watch the clip below, and the full conversation with Moyers this weekend.

Edwards chaired the Republican Policy Committee, was a founding trustee of the conservative Heritage Foundation, and served as the national chairman of the American Conservative Union.

Moyers & Company airs weekly on public television. Explore more at BillMoyers.com.

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