I don't think she made a mistake in voting for the Iraq War given the information the Bush administration had provided to Congress using Colin Powell and other trusted officials as puppets. She did make a mistake not giving credence to dissenting opinions, not immediately distancing herself from the vote the moment it became clear there were no WMDs in Iraq, and in not making her decision-making process more transparent.
As much as Democrats want to eat their own for voting "yes" on Iraq. The ultimate responsibility lies with Dick Cheney and the Department of Defense for cherry-picking poor evidence to support their already-chosen line that Saddam was developing WMDs. To suggest anything else is to distract from the main instigators who still have yet to be held accountable.
While I agree with you, hindsight generally means: 'That given what we know now, would you have done the same thing?'
So I don't hold her Iraq war vote against her. But in hindsight, she should have voted differently.
Poll
