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Both did fairly well IMO. I like that Kerry finally cleared up the accusations of flip-floping. He made clear the reasons why he voted against things that he previously was in favor of. He said it's because there are portions of those bills and pieces of legislation that he disagrees with. You can agree with 99% of a bill but it can have one or two clauses that are downright wrong, and therefore you don't vote for it.
What if you had a bill that stated helping the homeless, but also had a clause in it that said 'help' meant giving them beer. I'd be in favor of helping the homeless but I'd sharply disagree that giving them beer is the way to do it. So I'd wouldn't vote for it. Kerry made a mistake by saying he agreed with a bill or legislation when he agreed with only portions of it and strongly opposed other portions of it that he feels need changing.
Things are rarely black and white. But they're often presented that way.
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