Sorry if this has already been posted, I didn't go back pages looking for it. This story is up on Yahoo right now, overall a good story. It's very unusual to see a press report directly tackle this. Worth giving a positive Yahoo rating I would say:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - While Republicans are trying to keep Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) on the ropes for alleged flip-flops on Iraq (news - web sites), his position has in fact been largely consistent with a couple of exceptions...
The issue flared this week when Kerry said he would have voted the same way even without any sign of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s suspected weapons of mass destruction. "He now agrees it was the right decision to go into Iraq," Bush crowed.
But a study of Kerry's speeches before and after the March 2003 invasion shows a strong degree of consistency, matching his desire to confront Saddam Hussein with caveats against going into battle impulsively and alone...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040813/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_iraq_kerry