Obama defends votes in favor of Iraq funding: Says he backs troops, not war

By James W. Pindell and Rick Klein, Globe Staff | March 22, 2007

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/03/22/
obama_defends_votes_in_favor_of_iraq_funding/

"Senator Barack Obama yesterday defended his votes on behalf of funding the Iraq war, asserting that he has always made clear that he supports funding for US troops despite his consistent opposition to the war."

His statements make it very clear that he is responding to Hillary Clinton's statements that he is not in support of anything in Iraq because of his "anti-war rhetoric." He says that he was against the war before it started, and would have voted so; however, now that we're there, he says that he DOES support our troops for their bravery, so he voted to send them help.