FT.com
Updated: 12:12 a.m. PT Jan 25, 2007
John Kerry, the losing 2004 presidential candidate, on Wednesday said he would not seek the Democratic nomination in 2008 but would instead remain in the Senate to fight George W. Bush's "misguided" war in Iraq.
In an emotional speech on the Senate floor, Mr Kerry, 64, who lost the White House by a narrow margin, admitted he had made a mistake in voting for the 2002 congressional resolution authorising the invasion of Iraq...
...Mr Kerry's decision leaves a field of nine Democrats running or likely to announce their names soon, including Senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.
Among the leading candidates only Mrs Clinton has declined to admit her vote for the 2002 resolution was a mistake. Mr Obama, who opposed the war, was not a lawmaker then.
Updated: 12:12 a.m. PT Jan 25, 2007
John Kerry, the losing 2004 presidential candidate, on Wednesday said he would not seek the Democratic nomination in 2008 but would instead remain in the Senate to fight George W. Bush's "misguided" war in Iraq.
In an emotional speech on the Senate floor, Mr Kerry, 64, who lost the White House by a narrow margin, admitted he had made a mistake in voting for the 2002 congressional resolution authorising the invasion of Iraq...
...Mr Kerry's decision leaves a field of nine Democrats running or likely to announce their names soon, including Senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.
Among the leading candidates only Mrs Clinton has declined to admit her vote for the 2002 resolution was a mistake. Mr Obama, who opposed the war, was not a lawmaker then.
The use of the word "admit" implies that is a fact and is not an opinion that going into Iraq was a "mistake". If Edward Luce wanted to write a straight news article he would have written, "Mr. Kerry said he made a mistake".
I do not know who Edward Luce is or what is background is or where he learned journalism. But clearly he forgot or he does not care that there is a difference between reporting and stating opinion.
I do not know who Edward Luce is or what is background is or where he learned journalism. But clearly he forgot or he does not care that there is a difference between reporting and stating opinion.
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