In a move that shows how far public opinion has shifted against Iraq, a Dem House candidate in a conservative Indiana district yesterday bluntly accused the Bush administration of lying in the runup to the war. The accusation was made by Ex-Rep. Baron Hill, a conservative Dem who's mounting a comeback bid against Rep. Mike Sodrel (R), who narrowly ousted him in 2004. At a debate between the two candidates last night, Hill explained why he'd voted for the war as a Congressman in 2002 as follows: "I was lied to." That Hill felt free to be so blunt in a district that Bush carried by 59% in 2004 shows how much times have changed.