John Kerry voted to wage war against Iraq

[OldDem2012]

58. Just FYI: 29 Democrats joined 48 Republicans to pass the Senate resolution

...authorizing President Bush to use military force, if necessary, to disarm Iraq:

Max Baucus (Mont.)
Evan Bayh (Ind.)
Joe Biden (Del.)
John Breaux (La.)
Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
Jean Carnahan (Mo.)
Tom Carper (Del.)
Max Cleland (Ga.)
Hillary Clinton (N.Y.)
Tom Daschle (S.D.)
Christopher Dodd (Conn.)
Byron Dorgan (N.D.)
John Edwards (N.C.)
Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Tom Harkin (Iowa)
Fritz Hollings (S.C.)
Tim Johnson (S.D.)
John Kerry (Mass.)
Herb Kohl (Wis.)
Mary Landrieu (La.)
Joe Lieberman (Conn.)
Blanche Lincoln (Ark.)
Zell Miller (Ga.)
Ben Nelson (Neb.)
Bill Nelson (Fla.)
Harry Reid (Nev.)
John Rockefeller (W.Va.)
Charles Schumer (N.Y.)
Bob Torricelli (N.J.)

Obviously, quite a few Democrats were taken in by the Bush Administration's false claims about WMDs in Iraq. It was only discovered later that members of Congress were only given the summary of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that made these false claims. The background data for the NIE was much less positive about the assertion of WMDs in Iraq and would have raised a lot of questions had the Members of Congress also been given that data and given the time to read it. The Bush Administration wanted that war in Iraq and they were willing to do and say anything to get a positive vote on the war resolution.