So even if one accepts HRC's terms that the start time is when Obama became a senator in Jan 2005, Obama's Jan 18, 2005 questions and statements criticizing Iraq occupation failure directly to Condi Rice precedes in the Senate Foreign Relations e Committeeprecedes Clinton's Jan 26, 2005 paper I guess this misrepresentation could be a back-handed, "OK, you were right" semi-apology, the one where one carefully doesn't admit to being in error.