At the Saddleback forum each candidate was asked about his most “gut wrenching” decision.  McCain’s said his was the decision to undergo years of additional torture instead of allowing himself to be used as a propaganda tool for the Vietnamese communists.

Obama’s was a vote in the Senate that happened before he was a Senator.

When Warren asked Obama, “What’s the most gut-wrenching decision you’ve ever had to make?” Obama answered that opposing the war in Iraq was “as tough a decision that I’ve had to make, not only because there were political consequences but also because Saddam Hussein was a bad person and there was no doubt he meant America ill.”

Hindsight is 20/20.  It’s very easy to make decisions after the fact.

Of course, now that the war is going a lot better than it was when Obama decided to make opposition to the war in Iraq an official part of his campaign I’ll bet Obama wishes he could go back and change things.