"We're safer." Edwards said it first.

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Monday June 04, 2007 · 12:32 PM PDT

2007/06/04 · 12:32

People are trying to make a mountain out of the fact that Hillary said that we are safer now, but not yet safe enough.

Here is a direct quote from a press interview with John Edwards on December 26 2003:

Yepsen: SENATOR, WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM. YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. IS THE UNITED STATES SAFER TODAY THAN WE WERE ON 9/11?

Edwards: YES, WE'RE SAFER. WE'RE NOT AS SAFE AS WE NEED TO BE.

Let's hear all the spin...

I think it's a reasonable point. Both Clinton and Edwards were being asked about domestic intelligence and security work. Clinton was being asked specifically about a successful breakup of a major attack in the state she represents, New York. It was important for her to say something that recognized that successful intelligence work. I think the point that she made (and that Edwards similarly made earlier) is reasonable--yes, we've done some things that need to be done, but we have a lot more to do.

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