Political Quotes

On the recordApril 20, 2008
There are three candidates left. Who do you want answering that 3 a.m. phone call: the person who got Iraq wrong or the person who got Iraq right? The person who paid attention to the intelligence or the person who didn't? The person who understood the consequences or the people who did not?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama contrasts his judgment on Iraq with that of his opponents.

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