Quote Originally Posted by reagan80
Kerry was going to vote for the $87 billion, but alas Howard Dean was surging in the polls with his anti-war screeds so Kerry had to change his image to appeal to his base by voting against the funding.
That's not why he voted against it at all. He voted for the original bill, that was VETOED by BUSH and then refused to vote on the bill that had an spending loophole in it...