Joshua Marshall points to this article by Kevin Drum (Joshua’s article is great as well)
The Washington Monthly

Drum quotes from Bob Sumersby
What is Kerry’s stand on Iraq? Readers, get ready for some real brain-work! Here goes: Kerry says Bush should have had the authority to go to war, but then went to war prematurely. Wow! Have you finished scratching your heads about all the nuance involved in that statement?

Marshall:
Every working journalist should read this Kevin Drum post on John Kerry’s position on the Iraq war and the Iraq war resolution. It’s sad, but perhaps predictable, to see so many members of the print and electronic press getting led around by the nose by the Bush crew on this one.

I think I’ve demurred from discussing or rather defending Kerry’s position on this issue because I have an element of bias, since it is also my position. But as Kevin notes, whether or not you agree with that position, it is really not difficult to understand so long as you are not being willfully obtuse.

The other day, when I heard Bush repeating, for the umpteenth time, “I want to hear Kerry’s answer to why he was for it and now he’s against it”. Dubbya, if you don’t get it now, you ain’t gonna get it. As Bill O’Reilly would say “SHUT UP!”