[goldstategop]

That's true. I'm not saying that different technical votes on a measure can't be different. If Kerry had explained what he really meant, this wouldn't be hurting him. Instead by sounding like he wanted to have it both ways on the final vote on the bill in question, he conveys the impression, deliberate or not, that he thinks the American people are that gullible enough to swallow anything. And this is rather extreme, even for someone with the flip-flop reputation Kerry's acquired.

[sirshackleton]

Exactly.