Candidate Review - Capturing Saddam Hussein - Representative Dick Gephardt

Here is Representative Gephardt, who has apparently christened himself the comeback kid, on the capture of Sadddam Hussein.

"Today is a great day for our troops, the Coalition forces and the people of Iraq.

I supported this effort in Iraq without regard for the political consequences because it was the right thing to do. I still feel that way now and today is a major step toward stabilizing Iraq and building a new democracy.

For many years, we will be confronted with a war on terrorism that is unfinished. This will be a long and difficult struggle and we need a president who has the credibility to unite the American people and our allies in an effort to make our nation and our world safe."

And here is his reaction to Governor Dean's foreign policy address.

"Yesterday, Howard Dean said that Saddam Hussein's capture was 'above politics,' but today he delivered a speech described by the Washington Post as 'repositioning' himself to the center.

Let's be clear. Howard Dean has been playing politics with foreign policy for over a year and his repositioning is just the latest Howard Dean political game. Despite issuing contradictory statements on Iraq over the last year, Governor Dean has used this issue to constantly attack his Democratic opponents and to seek political advantage."

I would caution against using the Comeback Kid to figure out what the Dean Campaign is all about.