Clinton shifts over Iraq as Obama threatens

Hillary is already revamping her stance on the war, as Sen. Obama's outspokenness from the start of the conflict displays a key issue that makes Barack our candidate.

By Toby Harnden in Washington

Hillary Clinton has said for the first time that she would not have voted for the Iraq war if she had known what she has learnt subsequently. The New York senator has long been seen as the front runner for the Democratic nomination for the presidential race in 2008 and is edging towards announcing her bid for the White House. The careful recalibration of Mrs Clinton's position on the war comes as she is under increasing threat from the rising star of the party, Senator Barack Obama, who as a state official in Illinois was speaking out against the Iraq invasion as the former First Lady was voting for it.