The first one-on-one debate of the 2016 election provided Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders plenty of opportunity to make their points and land punches. Here are some of the night's biggest lines: (The Washington Post has a full transcript.)
- Clinton: "If you've got something to say, say it. It's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out." Referring to Sanders' attacks on her ties to Wall Street. Details here.
- Sanders: "In my view, the business model of Wall Street is fraud. It's fraud. I believe that corruption is rampant."
- Clinton: “A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS. We have to look at the threats that we face right now.” After Sanders criticized her vote to authorize the Iraq war.
- Sanders: “Experience is not the only point. Judgment is. And once again, back in 2002 when we both looked at the same evidence about the wisdom of the war in Iraq, one of us voted the right way, and one of us didn’t."