At what point did Dean and the DLC really have a fall out?

[fujiyama]

I'm curious if it was prior to his speaking out vocally against the war, or because of it. As I understand, Dean started out his campaign questioning why Democrats gave Bush authorization on the war, NCLB, and other things.

So did the fallout occur before this? Or after?

After all, wasn't he a member of the DLC during his time as governor? I know he was quite moderate.

I really find this animosity completely unecessary. Dean was right about the war and I think DLCers need to understand it. It's difficult to hear any Democratic senator, pundit, or whomever else still justify the logic and necessaity of the war itself.

But I also think that anti DLCers need to realize that some Democrats really were fooled into believing Saddam was a bigger threat than he was. Now, I know it's hard to justify considering many of us weren't supportive of the war and we saw even less intelligence than them, but still I can see why some senators (like Kerry) gave the authorization.