Reply #52: It's not only an infuriating statement (spin aside), it's weird.

[Zhade]

He couldn't both VOTE for the authorization and USE it. He could either vote for it as a member of Congress, or use it as President.

Odd statement.

Keep in mind, too, that he said the following: "Why did he mislead America about how he would go to war?"

He SHOULD have said "Why did he mislead America INTO WAR". The way it reads, Kerry is basically saying that the IWR would lead to war, and his beef with b*sh is that b*sh misled America about the manner in which, given the power of the resolution, he would go to war. This presupposes that war was the aim of the resolution. Otherwise, he might have asked why we were misled about IF we would go to war, not HOW that would happen.

In other words, despite the spin, Kerry's own words show that he, at least, saw the IWR as a vote for war.

At least, that's how it reads to me. I freely admit I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.