Key senators on Tuesday urged giving the White House authority for a one-year, limited Libya mission, but sentiment was growing in the House of Representatives to cut off the effort's funding.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., who proposed the one-year measure, argued that not supporting efforts such as those of the Libyan rebels would "be ignorant, irresponsible and shortsighted and dangerous for our country."
He and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., President Barack Obama's 2008 Republican opponent, are pushing a measure that would authorize the use of U.S. armed forces "to advance national security interests in Libya as part of the international coalition" that's involved in that country.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/21/2277769/senate-house-head-toward-split.html
In other words, Kerry opposes wars started by Republicans, and supports wars started by Democrats.
There's a good reason why Kerry is the only Democrat sine 1988 to come in second in the popular vote.
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