The uncomfortable looking man to the viewers right is Mark Udall. This scene played out in Colorado’s U.S. Senate debate when Republican candidate Bob Schaffer illustrated what his campaign is calling “a key ‘Udall U-turn’” in dramatic style.

The moderator asks the tired (and what should be considered an extremely obnoxious question by all at this stage of the national debate) “why are we in Iraq” question to Schaffer and his reply of reading a resolution word for word not only reminds people of what a canard the “reasons keep changing” line has always been, but the surprise twist to it points out the guilt that the overwhelming majority of House Democrats share on the issue. Ouch.

Schaffer faces an uphill battle however, in a state that is increasingly trending Democrat.