Richardson's gambit

Just weeks after Hillary and Obama were dragged into a pair of tougher anti-war votes than they'd ever taken, Bill Richardson is criticizing them for those votes -- on the grounds that they weren't anti-war enough.

Richardson has been stressing the distinct on that he'd leave no forces in Iraq other than the Marines at the embassy, while some others would leave "residual" forces.

His alternative: "An all-Muslim peacekeeping force."

"This is the fundamental difference: how many troops each of us would leave behind," he said.

He promised, "No airbases, no troops in the Green Zone, no embedded soldiers training Iraqi forces – because we all know what that means – it means our troops will still be out on patrol, with targets on their back."

He criticized Clinton and Obama by name for, he said, indicating they'd leave some troops behind, and criticized Edwards for supporting Reid-Feingold, despite its "loopholes," which would allow the president to keep troops behind for training Iraqis and protecting other soldiers.

"Clearly my colleagues in this campaign think it’s responsible to have an ongoing military role in Iraq," he said. "They voted for it twice."