The Senate Finance Committee gave preliminary approval yesterday to CAFTA. In the reassuring knowledge that some things are eternal, one couldn't help but enjoy this related news:
Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, assured his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee yesterday that he was for free-trade agreements before he was against the Central American Free Trade Agreement.Posted by Alan at June 15, 2005 06:52 AM"I have voted for every single trade agreement. I am not a protectionist," Mr. Kerry said as lawmakers debated CAFTA.
"Even in the campaign last year, when there were enormous pressures not to, I voted for Chile, Singapore and Australia," he said.
Congressional records, however, indicate he did not vote at all on the free-trade pacts. The three were approved without his support.