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Is Hillary Clinton the ‘most experienced’ presidential candidate in history?

"Look, I know how hard this job can be. That's why I know Hillary will be so good at it," he said. "In fact, I don't think that there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office."

Obama then proceeds to articulate personal qualities that he thinks recommend Clinton for the job -- courage, heart, etc. -- but lets the "most qualified" line lie. Others have made the same vague claim in other ways, of course, occasionally putting Clinton forward as the "most qualified" or "most experienced" candidate in history.

That's something that we thought was worth consideration.

Read entire article at The Washington Post