Some readers insist Barack Obama didn’t say what he said, or that he didn’t mean to say what he said, or that the AP reporter shouldn’t have quoted the “scratch that”, or some variation of that line of objection.

Well, Hillary isn’t cutting him any slack:

“Presidents should be very careful at all times in discussing the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons,” Clinton said. “Presidents since the Cold War have used nuclear deterrence to keep the peace. And I don’t believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons.”

On his Pakistan comments, she responded,

“I am concerned about talking about it,” she said. “I think everyone agrees that our goal should be to capture or kill bin Laden and his lieutenants but how we do it should not be telegraphed and discussed for obvious reasons.”

I like candidates getting a bit more specific about their thinking on foreign policy, etc. However, it tends to give their rivals something to work with… so my guess is that everyone will learn from this to speak in as vague and unclear generic answers as possible.