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Kerry opposed the bill to allow President George H. W. Bush to go to war against Iraq in 1991. The United Nations had imposed sanctions on Iraq, and Kerry argued that the sanctions then in place should be given more time to work.
The second President Bush argued that Iraq under Saddam Hussein was actively developing weapons of mass destruction (see Yellowcake Forgery). Kerry cited the "threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction" as his principal reason for supporting the resolution authorizing Bush to use force in Iraq. Bush relied on that resolution in ordering the 2003 invasion of Iraq. When the subsequent occupation of Iraq failed to find any evidence of such weapons, Kerry attacked Bush for having misled the country: "When the president of the United States looks at you and tells you something, there should be some trust." [17] Nevertheless, Kerry has upset many liberals by saying that he does not regret being one of 29 Democratic Senators to support the resolution. He has stated that he hoped the threat of force would induce Saddam Hussein to comply with United Nations resolutions, but that the Bush administration rushed into war.
Bush has criticized Kerry for his vote in September, 2003 against a bill for an additional $87 billion for expenditures in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush campaign has also attacked Kerry for saying "I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it." Kerry co-sponsored a bill that would have provided the $87 billion and funded it by reversing some of Bush's tax cuts, but voted against the bill that provided $87 billion through deficit spending.
Kerry has also contended that Iraq has become a diversion from the fight against terrorism and Osama bin Laden.
Main article: Sponsorship of legislation by John Kerry
Kerry has sponsored or cosponsored hundreds of bills during his time as a Senator. Areas of concern in the bills include small business concerns, education, terrorism, veterans' and POW- MIA issues, and marine resource protection .
Kerry was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 1987 to 1989. He was reelected to the Senate in 1990, 1996 (after winning re-election against the then- Governor of Massachusetts, Republican William Weld), and 2002. His current term will end on January 3 2009.
John Kerry and former Swift boat crewmates from Vietnam arrive at the 2004 Democratic National Convention from Boston Harbor.
In 2003 and 2004, the Presidential campaign of John Kerry defeated several Democratic rivals, including Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), ex-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark. Kerry thus won the Democratic nomination to run for President of the United States against incumbent George W. Bush. On July 6, 2004, he announced his selection of John Edwards as his running mate.
On November 3, 2004, John Kerry conceded the Presidential race to his opponent in the race, George W. Bush. Kerry won 57 million votes or about 48 percent of the popular vote, his opponent, George Bush won 60.9 million votes or about 51 percent of the popular vote. Although, as in the 2000 election, there were disputes about the voting (see 2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities), no state was as close as Florida had been in 2000.
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