Democrats shift strategy on Iraq debate

Will argue that war's high cost is not worth it Set sights on election

By Bryan Bender

Globe Staff / April 4, 2008

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WASHINGTON - Lacking the votes to end the war, Democratic leaders said yesterday they will try to make the US troop surge in Iraq "irrelevant" by shifting the war debate away from the impact of the recent US offensive and instead make the case that the price paid in lives, treasure, and military readiness was not worth it. (Full article: 810 words)