You have thrown down the gauntlet, Senator. Calling recognition you made a huge foreign policy mistake in 2002 a "gimmick" is both disingenuous and revealing of your personality, if not your concept of the interplay between co-equal branches of government. A little humility goes along way, Senator. If you were mislead by a deceitful President, it would be helpful to Democratic voters to say that. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee you had access to intelligence data that contradicted the propaganda put out by the President's hacks. By refusing to acknowledge you were duped, it appears to the public that you shared the President's desire to invade Iraq for reasons unrelated to weapons of mass destruction. Its possible to be decisive and wrong at the same time.
And you are correct, there are other worthy candidates running. The will have my support.