On the trail today in Wyoming, Obama responded to the revelation that top foreign policy adviser Samantha Power had suggested that he might not rely on his campaign pledges when crafting a withdrawal plan as president.

From a transcript of Obama's remarks emailed out by the campaign...

She was quoted either this morning or last night in Mississippi because one of my advisors had said that in a interview overseas that well Senator Obama would not...he has given a time frame for withdrawal, but obviously it would be subject to decisions and the situation at the time.

And so, Senator Clinton used this to try to imply that I wasn’t serious about bringing this war to an end. I just have to mention this because I don’t want anybody here to be confused.

Power didn't merely say in the interview that Obama's withdrawal would be "subject to decisions and the situation at the time." She also said: "He will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator."

Obama also suggested that her initial support for the war should undermine the credibility of her criticism of him on it: "I don’t want to play politics on this issue because she doesn’t have standing to question my position on this issue."

Presuming that Hillary will continue to hit Obama for his alleged lack of commander in chief cred, the question in the days ahead will be whether Obama can effectively counter the assault by pointing to her lack of real live commander-in-chief experience and to her failure of judgment in supporting the war. We'll see if it works.

Fuller transcript after the jump.

This war was unwise which is why I opposed it in 2002 and that is why I will bring this war to an end in 2009. Now just one thing—one note I have to make on this. I haven’t spent too much time talking about my opponent Senator Clinton or Senator McCain for that matter.

But I do have to say this. She was quoted either this morning or last night in Mississippi because one of my advisors had said that in a interview overseas that well Senator Obama would not… he has given a time frame for withdrawal, but obviously it would be subject to decisions and the situation at the time.

And so, Senator Clinton used this to try to imply that I wasn’t serious about bringing this war to an end. I just have to mention this because I don’t want anybody here to be confused.

I was opposed to this war in 2002. If it had been up to me we would have never been in this war. It was because of George Bush with an assist from Hillary Clinton and John McCain that we entered into this war. A war that should have never been authorized, a war that should have never been waged.

I have been against it in 2002, 2003, 2004, 5, 6, 7, 8 and I will bring this war to an end in 2009.

So don’t be confused. Don’t be confused. When Senator Clinton is not even willing to acknowledge that she voted for war. She says she voted for diplomacy despite the title that said authorization to use U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq. So I don’t want to play politics on this issue because she doesn’t have standing to question my position on this issue.

Now what is true is that I want to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in. And I want to make sure that our troops are protected and safe as we are withdrawing them and I don’t want us to see Iraq collapse which is why I have put out the most detailed plan in terms of making sure that we have humanitarian aid in place and making sure that we are working with the Iraqis to negotiate diplomatically inside the country as well as the regional powers there and that we have a international commission to monitor against war crimes that might occur as we are pulling out.

So we have to be very careful but we’re going to end this war. And when we end this war what I want to be able to do is go before the world community and say America is back. America is back and we are ready to lead once again. We are ready to lead. We are ready to lead on the issues that matter.