On Pakistan, Biden says he would threaten Musharraf by cutting off his F-15s and P-3s.

Richardson says the problem in Pakistan is that “we forgot our principles.” We put our security above of human rights. “I will condition the assistance… I would say, ‘unless you restore the constitution, end the state of emergency, put the Supreme Court back,’ etc. –

Biden and Richardson do, at least, have the resumes and experience to speak intelligently about this topic.

Blitzer: Governor, are you saying that sometimes human rights is more important than U.S. National Security?

Richardson: Yes.

And with that, he wipes out any chance he had to be Hillary’s running mate.

He follows up with a random and gratuitous shot at Halliburton.

Obama, asked on U.S. national security/human rights question: “The concepts are not contradictory. They are complementary.”

I wondered who would be the first to say Bush is destroying the U.S. Constitution the way Musharraf is destroying Pakistan’s. It’s Chris Dodd.