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9:30--Obama on Iraq--strong on his initial opposition to the war--But I would feel better if he were stronger on his current opposition to the war.

9:32--Hillary on Iraq--I like her on her principles of "coercive diplomacy" to make "bad actors" "change their behavior"--But she's not convincing. She says that she didn't realize how obsessed Bush was with invading Iraq. If that's the case, Hillary is the only person in the U. S. who didn't know how determined Bush was to invade. Not completely sure of herself on Iraq, Hillary is talking just as slowly about Iraq as Obama was talking about health care.

9:37--Obama wants to be "right on day one."--

9:48--It's winding down and Obama and Hillary start to talk about the campaign and filling offices--

I thought it was a very good debate. Hillary was better on health care and immigration, but Obama was better on Iraq. I'd still rather have Hillary at the top of the ticket, but the debate looked like a high-level draw to me.