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It's 3 a.m. Who do you want answering the phone?
Not John McCain, say some military leaders: "I think his knee-jerk response factor is a little scary."
By Mark Benjamin [2008-03-06]

  • What vote against the Iraq War?

    "Such a view supports Obama's reiterating on the campaign trail that he had the judgment and foresight to vote against the Iraq war, when most other U.S. senators, including McCain and Clinton, voted for it," wrote Mark Benjamin.

    For the record, I would like to know what "vote" did Obama take "against the Iraq war"? Obama was in the Illinois legislature when the war began in March 2003 and during the 9/11 attack.

    Is Benjamin refering to the authorizations to use force after 91/11 and just before the commencement of hostilities in Iraq? Is that what Obama supposedly voted against?

    My understanding is that he VOICED his opposition to the war as a US Senate candidate, but he did not vote on any piece of legislation against the war.

    Am I misunderstanding something?

    -- normankelley
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    Wednesday, March 5, 2008 08:03 PM
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