Jay Inslee: “One of the most telling things in the debate of the two presidential candidates last night was where the President said…”

“One of the most telling things in the debate of the two presidential candidates last night was where the President said that we had to attack Iraq because the enemy attacked us, and his opponent challenged that and said, ``Well, no, Osama bin Laden attacked us, not Iraq.'' The President said, ``Of course, I know Osama bin Laden attacked us.'' But the problem is this administration and the Vice President has been trying to create a misimpression from day one to tie Saddam Hussein to the attacks of 9/11. I want to respond to the assertion of the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) to the contrary, to read from the Commission report that says, and the language they used was as categoric as you can get, there is ``no credible evidence,'' no credible evidence, ``of a link between Iraq and the al Qaeda attacks against the United States.'' They did not say that the evidence was suspect, they did not say the evidence is de minimis, they did not say the evidence is debatable. They said there is no, zero, zilch, nada, credible evidence of a connection that this Vice President for the last 2 years has been telling about, trying to create the impression that exists. He needs to get up in that debate tomorrow, and the first thing he needs to say is, ``You know what? We were wrong.…”