Chafee Hit Clinton over Email Scandal: We Need Someone with the Best Ethical Standards

COOPER: “I got to be honest, Governor Chafee, for the record, on the campaign trail, you’ve said a different thing. You said this is a huge issue. Standing here in front of Secretary Clinton, are you willing to say that to her face?”

CHAFEE: “Absolutely. We have to repair American credibility after we told the world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, which he didn’t. So there’s an issue of American credibility out there. So any time someone is running to be our leader, and a world leader, which the American president is, credibility is an issue out there with the world. And we have repair work to be done. I think we need someone that has the best in ethical standards as our next president. That’s how I feel.”

COOPER: “Secretary Clinton, do you want to respond?” 

CLINTON: “No.” 

COOPER: “Governor — Governor — (Applause) Governor O’Malley — (Applause) Again, it’s popular in the room, but a lot of people do want to know these answers. Governor O’Malley, you expressed —“