In contrast to Hillary Clinton, her husband, the former president, is suggesting that U.S. efforts in Iraq, including the surge, have succeeded. Before a not-exactly-capacity crowd at a high school in Dayton last night, Bill Clinton said it is time to withdraw American troops because their mission has been accomplished:

It is the right thing for the Iraqis, even though they may not agree. Look at what’s happened. The violence is down. They have a government. They have a constitution. The police and the armed services have been trained. What’s still left to be done there? Two decisions only they can make: They have to figure out how to split that oil money and how to share the political power.