Reply #67: That's true - they completely pale next to Kerry's

[karynnj]

Give me one major piece of legislation that she was one of the say 3 people who did the most on it. (Kerry has S-CHIP - third to Kennedy and Hatch), the Affordable Housing Fund (his), Kerry/Feingold, many small business bills, the Kerry/Smith provision in the Banking bill that gives states money to re-negotiate mortgages. (I know Kerry was there longer - but by the time he was there as long as HRC, he had already exposed the Contra gun and drug running and had investigated BCCI - leading to the close of OBL's bank. Those things alone are more than HRC's Senate accomplishments.)

Then look at diplomatic pluses-
Kerry proposed the method for war crimes tribunals in Cambodia - that the UN also used in Sierra Leone
Kerry's 1971 testimony
Kerry's chairing of MIA/POW where he negotiated more concessions than anyone thought possible
24 years on the SFRC
Kerry was called PM Brown's closest American friend
Kerry stood against the illegal funding of the Contras - a big plus in South America

That said I hope he stays in the Senate. He is an honest independent voice and he is very well positioned to become a Senate power house - something HRC lacks the seniority to do.