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[karynnj]

I like the fact that he also says that he said he would not have gone to war - and says he said it last year - which all of us have posted 9999999999999 times (or at least it seems so) on DU.

I wonder if they will notice that Kerry's time frame betters or matches Feingold's and talks about soldiers coming home for Christmas. ("I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams ....")
It is interesting that the press treats this differently than Feingold's - which I don't take as a negative. There's a lot more meat even in the little AP article.

Was the RFK quote referring to Vietnam? It's a good quote - and though I really think no one could have stopped Bush - as most Americans were deceived into backing the war, this is probably better than a "I told you so." (Would it have changed things if 24 Senators voted against the IWR? Kerry's voice against the war was already there - so you can't even argue that it would have added an additional eloquent voice against the war.)

In a way, it reminds me of his VN comments. He included himself as one who did things that were wrong - though he, of course, then limited it to things they were ordered to do like burning villages and shooting into free fire zones, not atrocities. Reading Tour of Duty, I was impressed (after thinking about it) that he didn't defensively bring up the story of his basically ignoring orders (and per his peer getting hell for it) and saving 40 some villagers who were living in a free fire zone.

Sharing the blame, while knowing he was less guilty than most others, leads to healing. While arguing that you were better and right, might make a person feel good, but rarely wins friends or followers.