Kerry said what about Iraq? -- Be careful here Senator

The headline in the AJC reads: "Kerry says Bush was right to invade Iraq."

The headline in The Washington Post reads: "In Hindsight, Kerry Says He'd Still Vote for War."

Responding to President Bush's challenge to clarify his position, Sen. John F. Kerry said Monday that he still would have voted to authorize the war in Iraq even if he had known then that U.S. and allied forces would not find weapons of mass destruction.

Since last month's Democratic National Convention, Kerry has been under mounting pressure to provide a clearer explanation of his views on the war, including why he voted for the congressional resolution authorizing the invasion yet opposing funding for the war.

Last Friday, Bush challenged Kerry to answer yes or no to the question of whether he would support the war "knowing what we know now" about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction that U.S. and British officials were certain were there.

Is Kerry going to continue allowing the President to set the agenda? The article goes on to list a series of questions Kerry asked Bush following his saying "yes" (it was not an unqualified yes, but for political and practical purposes, it might as well have been). Bush, of course, will not answer a one. He will not let Kerry set his agenda.

We will hear more about this Kerry "yes" answer between now and November -- especially during the debates -- than his earlier I did but I didn't.