During Tuesday’s debate in Las Vegas, just four days before Nevada’s presidential nominating caucus, voters in Nevada and the nation got a better sense of the mettle of the top three candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

MSNBC’s nationally televised debate among Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards was a civil exchange of ideas. Nonetheless, clear distinctions emerged.

The issues that dominated the debate were the Iraq war, those involving minorities and the nation’s sluggish economy, which recent polls have shown Democratic voters care most about.

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