Barack Obama actually said...

It is outrageous that what began as a journey to visit and care for her 93 year old mother became such a terrible ordeal.

Hope and change are not just the rhetoric of a campaign for me.

I join Haleh Esfandiari's family and friends in welcoming her departure from Iran after months of harassment and over 100 days of detention.

I look forward to continuing the dialogue with voters and building the kind of grassroots movement in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South ...