Obama Statement on Iraq Spending Package Vote October 17, 2003

From his campaign press release back in 2003. Words with new meaning now that we know the Tony Rezko connections.

I fully support our troops and would do anything to protect their safety. But the President has cynically tied the military funding to the $20 billion for reconstruction, effectively holding our troops hostage to an aid package rife with patronage and overspending. That may be good politics, but it is meant to mask bad policy.