The
two Democratic presidential hopefuls opted not to air out what has
become a messy fight between their campaigns in front of the cameras as
they met along with Martin O'Malley in Manchester, New Hampshire, for
their third debate of the 2016 race.
Instead, Sanders opened the two-and-a-half hour debate by looking at Clinton and saying: "Yes. I'm sorry."
His
comment provided a memorable start to a debate that also saw Sanders,
Clinton and O'Malley trade blows on taxes, health care and guns -- while
agreeing on their distaste for Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner.
It
seemed unlikely to alter the contour of the Democratic race six weeks
before voting begins, while Clinton gave signs that she is already
focused on the general election despite trailing Sanders in the state
where the debate was held.
Bernie Sanders was apologizing after at least one
campaign aide seized on a glitch in the Democratic National
Committee-housed master voter list revealing Clinton campaign data
usually protected by a firewall from opponents' eyes.
"This
is not the type of campaign that we run, and if I find anybody else
involved in this, they will also be fired," the Vermont senator said in
response to Saturday evening's first question from ABC.
Clinton thanked Sanders for the apology
"Now
that, I think, you know, we've resolved your data, we've agreed on an
independent inquiry, we should move on, because I don't think the
American people are all that interested in this," the former secretary
of state said.
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