"I'm always a little amused when Sen. Obama goes around quoting Pres. Kennedy, when he was running for the presidency, about how you should never be afraid to negotiate. But then if you look at the actual transcript of what Pres. Kennedy said in the debates with Vice Pres. Nixon, he said he would not meet with Khrushchev unless there had been a lot of groundwork laid. That is the appropriate position for the president of the United States to take ... I really hope that Sen. Obama will quit deliberately misstating what I said in order to avoid scrutiny for what he says," Clinton concluded.