Reply #28: What you say is true. Those of us who watched the hearings were surprised

[KoKo]

when Kerry seemed so opposite to Byrd........Many of us started to back off Kerry as a candidate....from watching those hearings....the same as we did with Gephardt. There were amendments proposed which would have slowed Bush down. And day after day those of us who watched them kept hoping.....but they didn't get the support. Neither Kerry nor Gephardt voted for any of the amendments........that left those who did looking unpatriotic and open to criticism as a "fringe" of the Democratic party.....

Now it all looks different. But, many Dems knew this wasn't going to be Gulf War I......a quick in and out. How could Graham and Kerry who have served so long in the House and Senate respectively have trusted Bush or his infomation.

They both are privy to "insider information." If Byrd knew it was a "Rush Job" they had to know it too. Their political ambitions to run for President overtook their their moral beliefs... I don't want a President whose ambitions over-rides his conscience.