Holy War of Words

Sen. Clinton’s voucher comments prompt quick counteroffensive.

Advocates of private school vouchers condemned remarks made last week by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., who said vouchers could pave the way for a government-funded “School of the Jihad.”

At a Feb. 21 forum before about 100 community and business leaders at the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. in New York City, Sen. Clinton, who is widely seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, was asked whether she supported charter schools, said Sharae Brown, the...