MSNBC sets the record straight on some of the errors and misrepresentations from the first Republican debate: More than a few thousand soldiers have been injured in Iraq, you can’t flip-flop on abortion like Bush 41 if Bush 41 never flip-flopped, and Bill Clinton didn’t gut the Army — he modernized it with bipartisan support.

Not to mention the fact that according to most polls, Americans voted Republicans out of Congress because of the Iraq war, not the GOP spending spree, as Sen. John McCain would have you believe.

Watch it here.

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