Freedom’s Watch Hits Obama for Delay on MoveOn Statement

By Jonathan Weisman INDEPENDENCE, MO. — On Sept. 20, 2007, as the Senate was hashing out its latest legislative response to the war in Iraq, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) tried to defuse a GOP-stoked controversy around a MoveOn.org newspaper advertisement tagging Iraq’s commanding general, David Petraeus, as “General Betray Us.” At 11:58 that AM, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama cast his yes vote for Boxer’s sense of the Senate condemning “attacks on the honor, integrity, and patriotism of any individual

who is serving or has served honorably in the United States Armed Forces, by any person or organization.” Thirty-eight minutes later, when the main event reached the center ring, Obama had disappeared. That was when senators had to vote specifically on Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn’s resolution specifically condemning MoveOn, an organization no Democratic presidential contender wanted to alienate and one which went on to endorse Obama that year. But on

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