NPR's Damning Story on Senate Democrats & Iraq

NPR's David Welna interviewed me today on how Democratic Senators who voted for the Iraq War and who do not say that vote was a mistake have hurt the party's ability to craft any sort of coherent message on national security. Welna's piece is extremely hard hitting. He gets some Democratic Senators on record who voted for the war to admit admit it was a mistake - these Senators have a lot of guts and should be applauded. Welna also catches on tape two Democratic Senators - Hillary Clinton and Herb Kohl - refusing to answer any questions about the war. That's depressing. And he gets Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) continuing to defend their vote, cowering in the face of the fear of being attacked as somehow "weak" on security. That's worse than sad - its a tragedy. Listen to the story here - it is damning.

UPDATE: Clinton's starting to draw some serious heat for her position on the war.

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