"Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress . . .

dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, R.I.

Isabel - Kerry’s luxe, 76-foot New Zealand-built Friendship sloop with an Edwardian-style, glossy varnished teak interior, two VIP main cabins and a pilothouse fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage - was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine.

But instead of berthing the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, Isabel’s hailing port is listed as “Newport” on her stern.

. . . Cash-strapped Massachusetts still collects a 6.25 percent sales tax and an annual excise tax on yachts. Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000.

http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698

John Kerry is just another tax cheating millionaire.

This action is one more reason why John Kerry deserves his place as the only Democratic presidential candidate since Mike Dukakis in 1988 to come in second in the popular vote.