An opinion piece by Obama, published Thursday in the New Hampshire Union Leader, called the Iran measure "dangerous" and "reckless."
"Sen. Clinton says she was merely voting for more diplomacy, not war with Iran," the Illinois senator wrote. "If this has a familiar ring, it should. Five years after the original vote for war in Iraq, Sen. Clinton has argued that her vote was not for war -- it was for diplomacy, or inspections. But all of us knew what the Senate was debating in 2002."
Obama was not in the Senate when the Iraq vote took place, but he spoke out against the war at the time. Last month, Obama missed the Iran vote while campaigning in New Hampshire, but he said he would have opposed it.
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said it was unfortunate that Obama was "abandoning the politics of hope and embracing the same old attack politics."
Last week, Clinton signed on as cosponsor of legislation that would bar U.S. spending on military operations against Iran without explicit congressional approval.
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