Debuting the same night as the first 2012 Presidential Debate, the second trailer for Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln reminds us why Honest Abe was arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. (And why Daniel Day-Lewis will probably never play Mitt Romney.)

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Opening with a montage of important events in American history, including Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, WWII, and post-9/11 New York, this new trailer explicitly targets the immense political strife and violence that ripped the nation apart during The Civil War. | Full Story