Obama (nicely) accuses President Clinton of lying

In his interview on Good Morning America, Sen. Barack Obama came about as close as one could to saying that former President Bill Clinton is lying about him on the campaign trail.

In keeping with Obama's generally sunny personality, his rebuke of the former president was delivered with none of the acid of, say, former Sen. Bob Dole. It was Dole, you'll remember, who in 1988 famously growled "Tell him to stop lying about my record," in a comment directed to then Vice President George H.W. Bush.

Obama was polite but his message was clear: Bill Clinton isn't telling the truth.

Here's an exchange Obama had with Robin Roberts that illustrates the point.

Robin Roberts: In a "Newsweek" article that's coming out, prominent democrats are saying what he's doing is inappropriate. An inappropriate role for a former President to take such an aggressive role. Do you think it's inappropriate the role he's taken?

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