Yesterday there was a good deal of discussion about John Kerry "approving of the war". The Sacramento Bee is the first news source I have found with the full quotation of his remarks. I keep having my shaky faith in Kerry renewed by what he actually says.
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/politics/story/1555628p-9126654c.html
"Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right authority for a president to have."
Not exactly what Wolf et al said he said.
More from the BEE:
Then he had a few barbed questions for Bush.
"Why did we rush to war without a plan to win the peace? Why did you rush to war on faulty intelligence and not do the hard work necessary to give America the truth?
"Why did he mislead America about how he would go to war. Why has he not brought other countries to the table in order to support American troops in the way they deserve it and relieve the pressure on the American people?"
It posits, in my mind, further questions concerning what has come to be called "nuance". Certainly the word "authority" is one of the 1,200 allowed in American Journalism?