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[karynnj]

There have been media people who have more overtly said it was political calculation. I knew you didn't think JK would vote on this to improve his political position, I was just commenting on the full high lighted text. Given Kerry's whole political life, the most likely conclusion is that he would have been trying to find a way to lower the chance of war and to be working with other countries. It also reflects the value he places on diplomacy and negotiation - even when it is within the US government.

Pro-sense's post really makes sense and fits with his oft repeated claim that he voted for a process. That Bush did not follow the process. Explaining this was difficult because it is not simple and he wasn't helped when the RW was insisting that he was in sync with Bush and the LW was calling it a vote for war.