I don't recall ever hearing about John Kerry saying that. JP5, either you're not getting it or you're ignoring the fact that his position on Iraq has always been consistent. (probably my second suggestion, you're not stupid)

Before the war, Kerry granted Bush the authority to go to war should the need arise. He gave the president that authority so the president could give Saddam the message "we will invade, should you not cooperate."

But Saddam did cooperate, he let in weapons inspectors to every nook and cranny of his country. But NO! We had to go to war. Bush had to exercise his authority before it was appropriate to do so.

Bush gave Saddam 5 days to disarm, all the while Saddam was pleading, "I don't have WMDs!" Guess what? He didn't. And we invaded his country on false premises because President Bush misused his authority to go to war.

John Kerry's opinion on the matter has been surprisingly consistent. He has said that he disagreed with the presidents use of his authority to invade. We did not invade because we had to. We invaded because we were frustrated with finding out that Saddam was actually telling the truth about his WMDs. We were sure he had them. But we were wrong.

John Kerry did not say that he would have invaded Iraq even if he knew there were no WMDs. He said that he would have handled his authority better. He would have used war as a last resort rather than as a tool to act on a crazy vendetta against one man. (Saddam Hussein)