US Democrats to back additional spending

[ckramer]

John Kerry, the failed presidential candidate, was among Democrats who voiced support for the supplemental spending measure. Mr Kerry was one of 12 Democrats who voted against the Senate version of an $87bn supplemental spending bill in 2003. That vote, and another in support of an alternative measure, prompted Mr Kerry's much-quoted remark, “I actually did vote for the $87bn before I voted against it.” Mr Bush's re-election campaign used the comment to demonstrate what it said was Mr Kerry's weak record on defence.

Mr Kerry on Tuesday called the latest spending request from the president “important to our being successful and to the completion of the process”. He said he would offer a plan to increase the size of the military by 40,000 and to improve benefits for soldiers and their families when the Senate considers Mr Bush's supplemental.

Sucks to them all!