From the new talking points from the Clinton campaign on Hillary's "3 a.m" ad:
* There’s a big difference between giving a speech as a state senator and giving orders as Commander-in-Chief. Sen. Obama talks about these issues, but then goes missing in action.
More talking points below the fold...
* Sen. Obama spoke against the Iraq war, but went missing in action in the Senate. By 2004, he said he wasn’t sure how he would have voted and said he basically agreed with how President Bush was conducting the war. In the Senate, Hillary and Sen. Obama have nearly the same voting records on Iraq.
* Sen. Obama went missing in action when he missed a vote on Iran.
* Sen. Obama was missing in action when he failed to hold a single substantive hearing on a committee he chaired that has responsibility for Europe and NATO and NATO’s policy in Afghanistan. He’s admitted he was too busy running for President.
* When a crisis erupts in the world, we can’t have a President who goes missing in action. We need a President who will lead.
So how's this for a suggested response:
* In 2003, when the NIE was submitted for Congressional scrutiny, just before the most important vote in a generation,
Senator Clinton was missing in action.
* In 2003, when no one showed up to debate the authorization to invade Iraq, and Senator Byrd asked his famous question: "Why is this Chamber empty?",
Senator Clinton was missing in action.
* In 2003, at that historic juncture in American History when Congress could have stood up to George Bush and refused him the authority to invade in Iraq,
Senator Clinton was missinng in action.
I trust the Obama campaign will have an appropriate and timely response. Meantime, what would you add to the above?