War is peace

I had an idea for a post while watching the Al Franken Show on Sundance tonight, but just found that Paul Waldman at the Gadflyer beat me to it:

John Kerry, Republicans tell us, is a flip-flopper because he "voted for the war" and now bizarrely maintains that said war has not worked out very well. But when they do so - and this is something his own campaign does (in its ads), his own representatives do, and even Bush himself has done, they're saying one simple thing: Bush lied to the Congress and to the American people about Iraq.

Probably more eloquent than I could have put it. He even has a suggestion for the debates.

At some point during the first debate next week, Bush will no doubt pull out his "he voted for the war, then voted against the funding" line. What if at that point Kerry turned to Bush and said, "Excuse me, Mr. President. When you asked us to give you the authorization to use force, you said you didn't want to use it - that the vote was, and I quote, "to keep the peace." You just admitted that you wanted war all along. That means you lied to me, you lied to the Congress, and you lied to the American people. My question to you is, don't you think the American people deserve an apology?

It has potential. Maybe the Kerry campaign can varnish it out in time for next Thursday.