×
EDGING TOWARD A POSITION. One of the most curious political strategies I've seen in some time has been Mark Warner's apparent belief that he can run for president without taking a position on the Iraq War. Today, though, he starts edging toward one:
Mr. Warner spoke empathetically of his potential rivals who as senators voted for the war.That seems almost shockingly sensible to me, though at some point if he wants to actually win a primary he'll want to criticize -- i.e., second-guess -- his rivals. That, however, can wait and Warner's at least put some distance between himself and the absurd Hillary Clinton/George Bush position that even with 20/20 hindsight there's nothing to regret about the decisions of 2002-2003."I don't think any U.S. senator, regardless of party, if they had known there weren't W.M.D., that we were going to get selected leaks, I don't think anybody would have voted for it," he said. "Second-guessing people who made a valiant attempt at judgment is not where I am at."
--Matthew Yglesias
