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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3
. . . I do believe he had then been in the Senate then h e would not have gone along with the initial vote to endorse it like Hillary ,Edwards,Kerry . and so many others did.
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A luxury that got him the nomination IMO. And, IMO the US needed to vote to allow W to continue the inspections, which is what that vote was really for. Sadly, W abused his power.
As for the Patriot Act -- I think voting to chage the original version was a good thing as opposed to letting the original version stand, which is what would have happened. So, since he could not vote to get rid of the whole thing (which I am unsure is a wise thing as the PA has some very good sections) -- voting to strengthen judicial review and freeing the librarians was a good thing IMO.
As for the wiretapping liability waiver for phone companies, I do not know much about that one. So, I defer
