] No argument is more central to the Republican attack on
] Sen. John Kerry than the assertion that the Democrat has
] flip-flopped on Iraq.
]
] ...
]
] Yet an examination of Kerry's words in more than 200
] speeches and statements, comments during candidate forums
] and answers to reporters' questions does not support the
] accusation.

[ Thank you Marc Sandalow. Remarkably, there are some reporters who cling to the notion of Journalism. Of doing research and presenting conclusions rather than penning endless, identical, he-said/she-said tripe that does nothing to inform the public. Objective does not mean divorced from the world. And balance implies fairness, not equal space for unchecked garbage. It's immensely gratifying to encounter these solid grains of truth in the undifferentiated mass of spin and shill that populates the majority of mainstream news.

And even better, it appears that this was on page A-1. I wonder if it got above the fold. -k]

NEWS ANALYSIS / Flip-flopping charge unsupported by facts / Kerry always pushed global cooperation, war as last resort