Andrew Kacyzinski digs up a doozy of a quote from a 2004 interview. Senate candidate Obama echoes the speech we just heard at AIPAC:
In light of the fact that we're now in Iraq, with all the problems in terms of perceptions about America that have been created, us launching some missile strikes into Iran is not the optimal position for us to be in. … On the other hand, having a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse. So I guess my instinct would be to err on not having those weapons in the possession of the ruling clerics of Iran.
The Dish 