Hillary Tells Us To Stuff It

HRC has decided, apparently, that the majority of Dems (and the country) aren't her constituency. She has decided not to say her vote to authorize the Iraq war was a mistake, and told dissenters today that other candidates were out there if this was important to them. Smooth move, Hill.

“If the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from,” Mrs. Clinton told an audience in Dover, N.H., in a veiled reference to two rivals for the nomination, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.

Her decision not to apologize is regarded so seriously within her campaign that some advisers believe it will be remembered as a turning point in the race: either ultimately galvanizing voters against her (if she loses the nomination), or highlighting her resolve and her willingness to buck Democratic conventional wisdom (if she wins).