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Iraq Vote: What the Senators Said

28 of 77 Told ABC News They Would Vote Differently

Of the 77 Senators who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq in October 2002:

28 indicated they would vote differently knowing then what they know now:

1. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

2. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.

3. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.

4. Former Sen. John Breaux, D-La.

5. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

6. Former Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo.

7. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.

8. Former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga.

9. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

10. Former Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

11. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

12. Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.

13. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

14. Former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill.

15. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa

16. Former Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.

17. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas

18. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.

19. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis.

20. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.

21. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

22. Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.

23. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

24. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

25. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.

26. Former Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H.

27. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine

28. Former Sen. Bob Torricelli, D-N.J.

5 said the intelligence in retrospect was so wrong the matter would never even have been voted on:

1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

2. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine

3. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa

4. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.

5. Former Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio

1 said the intelligence in retrospect was so wrong Congress never would have passed it:

1. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.

15 stood by their vote:

1. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo.

2. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

3. Sen. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn.

4. Former Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

5. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

6. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

7. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.

8. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind.

9. Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.

10. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.

11. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.

12. former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.

13. former Sen. George Allen, R-Va.

14. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho

15. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho

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