John Kerry voted to wage war against Iraq

[ProSense]

66. "Hillary has not been the best SOS ever."

It was sarcasm.

"There are more Dems who got it right on the Iraq War, than got it wrong. They had a hugely important decision to make with so many lives at stake and they got it right the first time. "

Yeah Levin was one, and he voted against Kerry-Feingold. Corzine was another, and now he's no longer my Governor.

As for the IWR, Bush lied. He lied leading up to the IWR vote, and the faulty intelligence convinced a lot of Senators, who all bought into the WMD lie. Do you really think that if either the Byrd, Durbin or Levin amendments had passed the situation wouldn't have been the same?

To amend the authorization for the use of the Armed Forces to cover an imminent threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction rather than the continuing threat posed by Iraq.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00236

To provide a termination date for the authorization of the use of the Armed Forces of the United States, together with procedures for the extension of such date unless Congress disapproves the extension.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00232

Setting a date for the termination of the authorization would still have given Bush enough time to lie and launch a war. And as anyone could see, once the Iraq war was launched, none of these Senators committed to forcing a withdrawal. In 2006, Kerry-Feingold got 13 votes.

The notion that anyone got it "right" based on the IWR vote is absurd. Bush lied after the IWR and illegally invaded Iraq. That is the fact.