Tain't the way I heard it Art. Kerry voted to authorize the president to invade Iraq if the prez thought it was necessary. The prez requested 87 billion to pay for the war. Kerry voted AGAINST the appropriation (along with his playmate, John Edwards and three or four other Democrats, because they wanted to cut out 20 billion from the 87 billion so that the funds could not be used as discreationary funds by the president. The agginners didn't trust Bush with the 20 billion (they probably thought he would buy oil with it and give it to his vice-president or even better, give it to Halliburton.

DougR