No, Hillary, you really didn't start criticizing the war before Obama did.

Why? Seriously. Why? Why does Hillary Clinton do this? Why can't we just start campaigning against John McCain.

No, instead, we're still stuck dealing with continuing issues about Clinton's veracity (and let's face it, trust is not her strong suit with voters.) On the campaign trail, Clinton appears to be making things up. From Jed (the full post is worth a read):

I started criticizing the war in Iraq before he did.
-- Hillary Clinton, 4/5/08

Yes, that's a pretty crazy thing to say, but this being Clinton, there's some parsing involved. In her mind, anything that happened before January, 2005 doesn't count, because she and Barack Obama weren't both in the Senate.

Okay -- but as Jake Tapper documented, Clinton's story was flat-out false.

Again, Clinton was very emphatic making her point. Again, she was wrong. There's a pattern developing -- and it's not good.

If you have any doubt, watch how Olbermann handles this latest gaffe in this video.

In Hillary Clinton's mind, if you weren't in the Senate, your opposition to the war didn't count. That's bizarre. But, it explains a lot. Last year, all of us who strongly opposed the war or who thought she should at least admit it was a mistake were told we didn't matter to her. She even told us not to vote for her:

But I have to say that if the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from.

Well, now, there is only one other to choose from.