We all know the facts: John Edwards co-sponsored and voted for the 2002 AUMF in Iraq. Barack Obama repeatedly spoke out against it at that time at some risk to his future career ambitions, although he was in the Illinois State Senate and therefore, not in a position to vote on the resolution himself.
In 2005, Edwards wrote his famous OpEd piece, "I Was Wrong", apologizing for his vote after having left the halls of the U.S. Senate. Obama, meanwhile, voted in favor of supplemental funding bills for the Iraq war/occupation/conflict/crisis/quagmire let's not go down the semantic rabbit hole, stay on topic please, people! once he ascended to the U.S. Senate.
Some Democrats support Edwards in the Democratic Primary because he has apologized for his vote, and for other valid reasons. Some Democrats support Obama because of his early stance against the war, and for other valid reasons.
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