Clinton agrees to NBC debate

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http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/breaking_hillary_campaign_agre.php

The Clinton campaign has just confirmed to me that contrary to expectations, she will in fact be taking part in the NBC debate in Ohio on Feb. 26th, after all.

The question of whether she'd participate was still up in the air this morning, but the decision to participate has now been made by the campaign.

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But the Clinton campaign has been clamoring for more and more debates with Obama, and given their need for head-to-head matchups, particularly in a key state like Ohio, holding out against the coming NBC debate was less and less tenable. So now she'll be participating.

Late Update: Ben Smith gets at the key context here, noting that in the wake of the Wisconsin ad bashing Obama for not agreeing to debate, the campaign has decided that it's "getting more mileage out of the debate theme than out of the war with MSNBC."