Did Congress REALLY Vote For The Iraq War?

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17. OK, so you don't give him a

pass. But you focus unduly on Hillary's experience as First Lady, IMO, when it was her 2008 campaign against Prez Obama and her tireless campaigning for him after she had conceded that were more likely the reason for his appointment of her to the SoS post than anything else.

Another factor in the decision was very likely that John Kerry was a long-serving, respected and effective Senator from MA with longer experience in the Senate who could be counted on to support Prez O's policies. As many of us have stated, it is extremely important to have effective allies in Congress - another issue I have with Bernie, who has failed to develop such relationships over his LONG period in the US Congress.

As it happened, when Kerry was finally appointed SoS in 2013, MA had an interim Senator until now-Sen. Markey stepped up to the plate. If you are from MA, you know this better than I.

Again, I stress that I am an admirer of John Kerry. I also voted for him for President in 2004 and have never regretted doing so. I only wish that he had won.