Unfortunately, Senator Kerry has lied once again in a Presidential debate.  In fact, it is the same lie that he continues to put forth time and time again.  He continues to state that America went to war with Iraq only because President Bush said that Saddam Hussein still possessed weapons of mass destruction.

Here is the truth.  The congressional resolution authorizing military action in Iraq consisted of 23 items, only one of which mentioned WMD.  Twelve of the items referred to U.N. resolutions that had not been followed by Iraq.  Congress approved military action in Iraq because of many factors.  The issue of WMD was believed by almost everyone in the nation and by most of the civilized world to be important at that time...but that issue was NOT viewed as the one factor making regime change in Iraq necessary.  Mr. Kerry knows that but tries to obfuscate the issue with his continued lie. 

Saying a lie out loud does not make it true.  Although he has gotten away with lying for over thirty years in the political spotlight, I hope that America teaches him, finally, that lying doesn't pay.