The Screwups of Campaign '08

Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is

Mistakes Were Made

Clinton's War Dance

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Bill Clinton
Nov. 27, 2007

"Even though I approved of Afghanistan and opposed Iraq from the beginning, I still resent that I was not asked or given the opportunity to support those soldiers."

—Bill Clinton, while campaigning for his wife in Iowa, saying he opposed Iraq from the beginning — which contradicted earlier statements made soon after the initial invasion, when he said he supported President Bush's decision.

— Katie Rooney

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