MSNBC Democratic Debate: Live Coverage

Of the 29 Democratic senators to vote for the Iraq War resolution in 2002, six or seven subsequently ran for president: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, and arguably Evan Bayh (who formed an exploratory committee before the 2008 race). Just one of the 21 Democrats who voted against the resolution would later run for president — Sen. Bob Graham, of Florida, who briefly ran in 2004. (Sanders was in the House in 2002, and did vote against the Iraq War resolution, while Barack Obama was still an Illinois state senator.)

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Sanders just said, “I fully, fully concede that Secretary Clinton, who was secretary of state for four years, has more experience. That is not arguable in foreign affairs, but experience is not the only point. Judgment is.” If he were vying for the Republican vote, that line of thinking might work — an October Pew poll found that twice as many Republicans value “new ideas” over experience in a candidate. But Democrats were split a little more evenly, and at 50-42, experience and a proven record won out over new ideas.