Want Joe Biden highlights from the Democratic candidates debate in Des Moines? You got ‘em. The Senator had some sober comments on how difficult it will be for the US to extract itself from Iraq without fomenting regional chaos.

Sound Bite: “My colleagues . . . seem to cling to the fundamental strategic mistake that everyone on both sides clings to — and that is that there is any possibility in the lifetime of anyone here of having the Iraqis get together, have a unity government in Baghdad that pulls the country together. That will not happen.”