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On the recordFebruary 12, 2008
John McCain and Hillary Clinton voted for a war in Iraq that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged, a war that is costing us thousands of precious lives and billions of dollars a week that could have been used to rebuild crumbling schools and bridges, roads and buildings.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama criticizes Clinton and McCain for their support of the Iraq war.

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