Lincoln Chafee May Be Hillary's Biggest Problem

[Wilms]

1. What is Peter Beinart talking about?

What makes Chafee’s candidacy intriguing is that he’s attacking Hillary on the issue on which she may be most vulnerable: her vote to authorize war with Iraq.

“I don’t think anybody should be president of the United States that made that mistake,” Chafee told The Washington Post in April. “It’s a huge mistake, and we live with broad, broad ramifications today—of instability not only in the Middle East but far beyond and the loss of American credibility.”

For one, Peter Beinart HIMSELF supported the war (until he didn't). And while Bernie isn't "attacking" Hillary, it's quite clear that his vote against it stands in contrast to Clinton. Suddenly, to Beinart, it's Chafee who's appreciated for voting against the war...while mentioning Sanders in the same paragraph, and nearly suggesting that Sanders doesn't have that distinction.