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Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) backed legislation Tuesday to cut off funds for most combat operations in Iraq by the end of March 2008, the first time the top two Democratic presidential candidates have endorsed a firm deadline to end the war.
The announcements, made separately, underscore the powerful influence of the anti-war movement on the 2008 Democratic primaries. All the leading Democratic presidential candidates now back a definite timetable for withdrawing American troops from Iraq.
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who follows Clinton and Obama in the polls, has called for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces.
