[John Thornton]

This helps to explain why Kerry is so "soft" on terrorism. Because he was once part of a group that considered assassination, he feels it would be hypocritical to condemn other such groups today.

[VadeRetro]

But probably all of those senators really are dead now, anyway. Can't you just ... move on?

[AFPhys]

This helps to explain why Kerry is so "soft" on terrorism. Because he was once part of a group that considered assassination, he feels it would be hypocritical to condemn other such groups today.

Very astute observation. No matter what else occurs with this story, we now have a great reason for his terrorism stance.