Reply #97: Thanks. The toughest thing for me to reconcille is this...

[mzmolly]

"John Kerry voted for the Iraq war resolution because he believed it was the only way to force resolution of the Iraq tragedy by restarting the U.N. inspection process. He believed the President of the United States (and since regretted it) when he said that war would be “a last resort”. At the time of the vote, he gave a substantial, thoughtful speech on the Senate floor, Kerry said he would strongly opposed any unilateral movement to war and that he did not believe that Saddam’s threat was yet imminent. He kept is word and led opposition during the U.N. debates against Bush’s “rush to war,” inept foreign policy."

When asked about this question, he says there was a right way and a wrong way.

He still has my vote but it's a tough pill for me to swallow.

I think the war was a distraction from the Osama issue and others. It was also planned in advance of 911. I wish Kerry were more outspoken and I wish he openly regretted his vote for the IWR. This is the biggest reason I can't support him with the zeal I would like too.

I don't require a candidate to be super human, but I do want them to admit a mistake. I don't think he's taken responsibility for his vote, and I don't think he's called Bush on the war to the extent he should. I hope that changes?