[cake_crumb]

"Plus, any Liberal PM worth his salt is more capable of simultaneously taking one position with the left wing of his Party, another with the right, a third one in the House or on the campaign trail and, ultimately and likely begrudgingly, the appropriate one with his nation's largest trading partner."

Yep, thus the wording : "will not participate in the FULL missile defense program"...leaving open any number of options for Martin to fill in the definition of "full"

[NorthOf45]

Yes, in liberal style, he left some room to squirm.

[albertabound]

Just in case the Liberals position remains unclear....read this gem...

http://www.reuters.ca/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:421b9758:5e7757273d86d1a?type=topNews&localeKey=en_CA&storyID=7704024