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I was wrong to vote for this war. Unfortunately, I'll have to live with that forever. And the lesson I learned from it is to put more faith in my own judgment.

— John Edwards

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I thought that the administration needed bipartisan support, and I was for our commander-in-chief. Because I felt at that time it was the right thing do. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never voted for the war.

— Ken Lucas

I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake.

— Pierre Laval

Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.

— Ed Balls

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

— Dean Acheson

Remember, your vote is not a wasted vote. Vote with your heart and think about the future generations the next time you vote.

— Fabrizio Moreira

Every day it becomes clearer that this was the wrong war at the wrong time.

— Howard Dean

Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.

— Jan Schakowsky

I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter.

— George Grosz

✗Opposing Perspectives

You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right, which is, you know, perfectly legitimate in our democracies.

— Christine Lagarde

I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.

— Nancy Pelosi