Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Edwards attacks Clinton on Iraq position

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday mocked rival Hillary Clinton's position on the Iraq war as Clinton stretched her lead in the party's campaign race.
Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, attacked Clinton for refusing to rule out that U.S. troops might continue to engage in some combat missions in Iraq if she were to win the presidency in the November 2008 election.
"If you're not ending combat operations, you're not ending the war," Edwards planned to say in an afternoon speech in New Hampshire. His campaign team released excerpts of his speech.

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