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Mr. Kerry also spoke about the abuse case in a speech yesterday before the Democratic Leadership Council.

"The chain of command goes all the way to the Oval Office," said Mr. Kerry. "America does not merely need a new secretary of defense. We need a new president."

I'd like somebody to ask Kerry what he would have done differently that would have prevented the abuse of the prisoners.

A lot of Kerry's comments strike me this way -- they're just empty assertions that since something bad happened, Bush is failing and Kerry would be better. Maybe Kerry can point to a Bush policy that increased the likelihood of abuse, and maybe Kerry can make a credible case that he would have seen the problem coming ahead of time, rather than just complaining about it after. If he can, he should attempt to do so.

::: posted by Steven at 5:51 PM

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