Iraq War focus for Lincoln Chafee campaign launch - CNN

A defining issue for Chafee has been the war in Iraq. he was the lone Republican to vote against authorizing the war as a senator in 2003. Hillary Clinton was among the Democrats to vote in favor of giving President George W. Bush the authority to invade. Chafee told CNN he feels Clinton's vote should disqualify her from the presidency , even though it happened more than a dozen years ago. "Considering the premise for invading Iraq was based on falsehoods and considering the ramifications we live with now from that mistake, I would argue that anybody who voted for the Iraq War should not be president and certainly should not be... Clinton has said she regretted the Iraq vote, and told reporters last month that she "made a mistake, plain and simple. The former governor made his decision to vote against authorizing the war a key argument behind his rationale for running. Chafee's strategy on the Iraq War is simple: Damage Clinton on an issue on which he was diametrically opposed. Chafee has said he doesn't worry about staking his campaign on a backward looking issue, and is proving that by repeatedly returning to the Iraq War vote in interviews. Source: www.cnn.com