A news analysis on page one of Friday's Wall Street Journal took note of reservations some on the left have about Hillary Clinton's latest bid for the White House, expressing disappointment or even anger about her Senate votes to authorize the Iraq war, or free trade, or support of Wall Street interests. Liberals are particularly critical of her 2001 vote in favor of pro-creditor bankruptcy reform, promoted by the credit card industry. As First Lady, Clinton opposed a similar bill, but asserted that the version she supported had been improved. Critics at the time included then-Prof. (now Senator) Elizabeth Warren, who claimed that the Senator from New York was too cozy with banking interests. "Big banks were now a part of Sen. Clinton's constituency," Warren wrote in a 2003 book. "She wanted their support, and they wanted hers." While that bill failed to become law, a similar measure (BAPCPA) passed in 2005. Sen. Clinton missed the vote on final passage of BAPCPA, and later said she would have voted no. During her 2008 primary run, she said she regretted the 2001 support.
