Kennedy: Vote against Iraq war my best vote I have cast in US Senate

[kpete]

Kennedy: Vote against Iraq war my best

"Americans aren't looking for big government or small government, liberal government or conservative government. They're looking most of all for competent government," Kennedy told delegates gathered for the start of the state Democratic convention.

Kennedy reflected on his opposition in October 2002 to a congressional resolution authorizing military action in Iraq.

"My vote against this misbegotten war is the best vote I have cast in the United States Senate since I was elected in 1962," Kennedy said. "And my call more than a year ago — more than a year ago — to bring our troops home is one of my proudest moments."

Kennedy said the U.S. presence in Iraq "inflames the insurgency. We are a crutch for an Iraqi government that needs to stand on its own."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060603/ap_on_el_ge/kennedy_iraq

[cantstandbush]

1. I love this man with all his human frailties. nt

[acmavm]

2. He's worked very hard for the people of this country and very hard

to preserve democracy. He could have been an elitist, as could both his brothers. Wonder why some people turn out the way they do?

[Tom Joad]

3. Then what does that say about Kerry? Why did he vote for that

idiotic, immoral war resolution? Hundreds of thousands were protesting the war, and Kerry voted for bush's resolution... because "he mistakenly believed" Bush. I wasn't fooled. Kennedy wasn't fooled. What was Kerry drinking?