Tonight's Moment Of Senatorial Irony.

From a speech given on the floor of the United States Senate Wednesday by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry:

I've concluded that this isn't the time for me to mount a presidential campaign. It is the time to put my energy to work as part of the majority in the Senate, to do all I can to end this war *

Unlike when I was part of the minority in the Senate, when I voted to authorize this very war, unlike in 2003, when I cosponsored a resolution that not only declared this war "lawful and fully authorized" but also commended and supported "the efforts and leadership of the President, as Commander in Chief, in the conflict against Iraq," and unlike when I did run for president, against the man who actually started the war, the same man I commended and supported the year before, when I really did a lot less than I could of to stop or even speak out against this war. I vow from this moment on, to do all I can to undo the consequences of what I was a part of, for as long as the polls say it's a popular thing to do.**

Sometime between 1971 and 2002 a man decorated multiple times for bravery on the battlefield lost his spine and the willingness to lead. The sad part is this sellout would have been a vast improvement over what we have in the Oval Office at the moment.

We can do better. Let's get it right next time.

*words actually said by John Kerry

**words actually said by John Kerry in my imagination