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N.H. voters question Bayh about Iraq war
Vote for invasion was right at the time but was based on faulty information, senator says

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By Maureen Groppe
Star Washington Bureau
HENNIKER, N.H. -- New Hampshire voters Sunday peppered Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., with questions about the war in Iraq, an indication of an issue Bayh could face if he runs for president in 2008.
Bayh, who supported the U.S. invasion, was asked at a gathering of about 100 people at New England College whether he would cast the same vote today. He responded that the decision he made seemed right at the time.

"It turned out some of the most important information we relied upon at that time just was not accurate," he said. "There were no weapons of mass destruction. The administration has proven to be terribly incompetent in the way they've carried this out. . . . Of course, we'd make different decisions based upon different facts as we know them today."

The answer did not satisfy Al Cantor.
"I think he needs to say, 'I blew it. I should've seen through all the lies,' " said Cantor, who asked Bayh about his support for the invasion. "There were millions of people around the world saying there was no case for war."
Of the Senate Democrats viewed as possible 2008 presidential candidates, only Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin voted against the war.
Jim McCanaha, who served on Sen. John Kerry's New Hampshire steering committee in 2004 and was the third of at least five people to ask Bayh about Iraq, wanted to know what sort of foreign policy Bayh would adopt to avoid similar situations in the future.
The country needs to be more skeptical about intelligence information and more willing to acknowledge that some problems can't be solved with force, Bayh said.
McCanaha said he doesn't fault Bayh for voting for the war because he thinks senators were in a tough spot, but he was looking for a better definition of Bayh's foreign policy goals.
Bayh also fielded questions about health care, the budget deficit, education, the environment, global competition and other issues at the college and at a smaller forum in Franklin, N.H.
Bayh, who plans to make a formal decision about a presidential run after the 2006 elections, has been exploring a campaign by traveling the country this year.
He has traveled twice to Iowa and New Hampshire, which traditionally hold the first nominating contests.