Politics

Debate Moderator Concedes Romney Was Right About Libya Response

You could have handled that better, Candy

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The moderator in Tuesday night's presidential debate, after appearing to side with President Obama on the question of whether he called the Libya strike a terror attack from the start, conceded afterward that

Mitt Romney was "right" on the broader point—that the administration for days insisted it was a spontaneous act.

"He was right in the main. I just think he picked the wrong word," Candy Crowley said of Romney on CNN shortly after the debate ended.