Democratic Sen. John Kerry, whose pre-election botox treatments appear to have worn off, said on Tuesday he would back President Bush's new $81.9 billion request for Iraq and Afghanistan.
In October 2003, a year after voting to support the use of force in Iraq, Kerry voted against an $87 billion supplemental funding bill for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Later, he did support an unsuccessful alternative bill that funded the $87 billion by cutting some of Bush's tax cuts.
The Massachusetts senator, defended his decision to not back the president's previous request to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now defends his decision to back the new $81.9 billion request.
"It's part of my nuanced plan," Kerry explained. "I usually vote for something before I vote against it."
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