Sunday, June 3, 2007

Edwards, Clinton, Obama Skirmish on Iraq, Health Care in Democrats' Debate

(Bloomberg) -- The three leading Democratic
presidential candidates -- John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama -- skirmished over the Iraq war and health-care
coverage in a debate last night.

In the forum, which was devoted more to rhetorical or
political points than substantive differences, Edwards, 53, a
former North Carolina senator, was the aggressor. In the
sharpest exchange of the evening, he went after Clinton and
Obama, saying they failed to provide leadership on Iraq by
``quietly'' voting May 24 against funding for the war, without
forcefully arguing for their positions.


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