Just read Kerry’s Iraq speech. It’s pretty contemptible. There are plenty of legitimate criticisms to be made of Bush’s Iraq policy, but apparently the only one that really counts in Kerry’s mind is that its costing $200 billion. He repeats that figure over and over again. It is scandalous that it is costing so much because all that money would be better spent here at home, on after-schools programs for kids, on the COPS program, etc. This is a speech of a man who can’t be taken seriously on national security.