Fact check: Biden again dishonestly suggests he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning

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Fact check: Biden again dishonestly suggests he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden dishonestly suggested on Saturday that he had opposed the war in Iraq 'from the very moment' it began in 2003 -- even though Biden's campaign said in September that he 'misspoke' when he made a similar claim.

Washington Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden dishonestly suggested on Saturday that he had opposed the war in Iraq"from the very moment" it began in 2003 -- even though Biden's campaign said in September that he"misspoke" when he made a similar claim.

Biden was responding Saturday to a voter in Des Moines, Iowa, who told him,"I'm with you 90% of the way" but questioned his judgment in part because"you were for the second Gulf War, which was a mess."Biden said that"from the very moment" President George W. Bush launched his"shock and awe" military campaign, and"right after" that occurred,"I opposed what he was doing, and spoke to him.

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