Kerryism of the DayThe senator's caveats and curlicues.
Updated Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 2:29 PM ET
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StumbleUponTim Russert: If there's another bill to provide money for the troops, you'll vote against it again?
Kerry: It depends1, Tim.2 3 Even the generals in Iraq said the money in that bill had no impact on their ability to continue to fight. We had money all the way4, and5 you know6 7 that8 we would have sat down at a table, we [would] have worked out exactly how we were going to do this intelligently, and we would have had a better bill.
—Washington, D.C., April 18, 2004
[1] entirely on what the situation is
[2] I'm not going to say that.
[5] if my vote had been the deciding vote
[6] as well as the president knows
[7] as well as every Republican knows
[8] if I'd been the deciding vote
Kerry version:
"It depends entirely on what the situation is, Tim. I'm not going to say that. What I'm saying is, even the generals in Iraq said the money in that bill had no impact on their ability to continue to fight. We had money all the way through January, and if my vote had been the deciding vote, you know as well as the president knows, as well as every Republican knows, that if I'd been the deciding vote, we would have sat down at a table, we [would] have worked out exactly how we were going to do this intelligently, and we would have had a better bill."
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