QUOTE OF THE DAY (with video from CNN)

"So you're about 4 1/2 years late on leadership on this issue. And, you know, I think it's important not to play politics on something that is as critical and as difficult as this." Obama added, "It is not easy to vote for cutting off funding, because the fact is, there are troops on the ground.":

Barack Obama responding to John Edwards' charge that he didn't explain in advance his "vote last month against an Iraq war funding measure."

CNN Video: Watch Edwards, Clinton, Obama mix it up over Iraq )