Matthews falsely suggested that health care wasn't discussed at Dem debate

SUMMARY: On Morning Joe, guest host Chris Matthews complained that, during the January 21 Democratic presidential debate, too much time was spent on "black/white issues," and too little time was spent discussing the candidates' positions on the Iraq war or on health care. In fact, health care was discussed for more than 13 minutes during the debate, and the Iraq war was discussed for nearly eight minutes. Yet Morning Joe's analysis of the debate, which featured numerous clips from the event, included no video from the exchanges where the candidates "debat[ed] health care" and the current situation in Iraq.

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