“If you’re neighbor is still on your couch after five years, what do you do?” Clinton joked. “It’s not about the fire anymore, it’s about getting off that couch and that’s where we are in Iraq.”

Hillary Clinton’s plan is to bring back a brigade a month and let the Iraqi government find its own way to independence.

“We’ve been (in Iraq) longer than we were in World War II,” Clinton said.

Difference making, which Clinton said he is the only one talking about, is the ability to take promises from the campaign and make real and lasting differences in the lives of others.

“She is the best person at that I have ever known,” Clinton said.

The former president gave the example of farmers from rural and mostly Republican areas of New York state. He said a group of farmers have campaigned for her throughout the country. The reason, Clinton said, was Sen. Clinton was the only one who ever did anything for them.

“She got 60 percent of the vote in Republican counties in New York because they know she changed their lives for the better,” Clinton said.

In his conclusion, Clinton said there was one question that any undecided voter should ask themselves.

“If you’re fortunate enough to get elected, how well will you know if that President did a good job?” Clinton said.

The answer, he said, would lead to Hillary.

“She said, ‘If I’m lucky enough to get elected, I think I would have done a good job if I can say three things,’” Clinton said. “‘Number one, the American people are better off when I quit than when I started. Number two, our children and grandchildren have a much brighter future than they did before and number three, our country and this fascinating and troubled world is coming together rather than being torn apart.’

“I don’t think I could have thought of a better answer,” Clinton added.

State Rep. Dennie Oxley, D-English, introduced Clinton in Jasper. In Vincennes, former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg had the honors.

According to radio reports, about 3,000 were on hand at the P.E. Complex at Vincennes University to listen to Clinton.

As for Nicholson and the Barleys in Jasper, they had a chance to shake Clinton’s hand and thank him for coming to southern Indiana. Nicholson said the president shook their hands twice.