Kerry Suffers Slightly Less Crushing Defeat

The other day I predicted that John Kerry's amendment to cut-and-run on July 1, 2007 would lose 85-15. His previous effort to cut-and-run by the end of the year lost 93-6.

I was close. He lost 86-13. I greatly overestimated Kerry's support.

Kerry did get one vote that should be important to Rhode Island Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (RINO-RI) voted for defeat - not of the bill, but of the United States military. I hope the GOP folks in our smallest state remember that come primary day.

Using my high school algebra skills, if Kerry introduces a new bill to get out of Iraq by July 1, 2008, he might get enough votes to pass it (assuming his support doubles every 6 months). I knew that algebra would come in handy some day.