(AP) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended her vote to authorize war in Iraq amid growing unease among liberal Democrats who could determine the potential 2008 presidential candidate's future.

"I take responsibility for my vote, and I, along with a majority of Americans, expect the president and his administration to take responsibility for the false assurances, faulty evidence and mismanagement of the war," the New York senator said in a lengthy letter to thousands of people who have written her about the war.

At the same time, she said the United States must "finish what it started" in Iraq.

Compare and Contrast: Lieberman v/s Murtha

Now which one would win us “fence riders” (we prefer the term “centrist” or “independent”)? Which one is Hillary associating her self with? What does that mean for 2008?