Democrats running for president debated again last night, in Detroit.

Fox News Channel has the transcripts of the debate, in two parts, here and here.

There wasn't much new ground broken during the debate, but former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean continues to make untrue statements that mischaracterize Bush Administration statements and actions.

During the debate, Dean said:

The truth is, the president tried to make us think that Al Qaida had something -- that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11. Three weeks ago he admitted there was no evidence for that. Now we've got 135,000 people over there, over 300 casualties and over 1,200 people wounded and injured because of that lack of patience and judgment.

President Bush never said Iraq was involved the the Sept. 11 attacks. Never. He and Secretary of State Colin Powell did talk about the nexus between Iraq and al Qaeda. Powell, in his Feb. 5 speech at the U.N., noted that Abu al-Zarqawi, a top bin Laden associate, had entered Iraq and established a foothold:

During his stay, nearly two dozen extremists converged on Baghdad and established a base of operations there. These al-Qaida affiliates based in Baghdad now coordinate the movement of people, money and supplies into and throughout Iraq for his network, and they have now been operating freely in the capital for more than eight months.

Iraqi officials deny accusations of ties with al-Qaida. These denials are simply not credible. Last year, an al-Qaida associate bragged that the situation in Iraq was "good," that Baghdad could be transited quickly.

That's what the Bush Administration said.