Kerry voted for the war resolution, but is statedly ANTI-war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Which I think is total bullshit, incidentally. He's anti-Iraq war because it's a Republican president doing it. Just like Gore, who has been whining about the Iraq war after spending a decade being one of the most Iraq-hawkish Democrats ever. I do think people can change, and repent, but Gore--and to a lesser but still significant degree, Kerry--are just being partisan fucks. Once in office, Kerry would be all over a Democratic war.
You should read last week's New Yorker profile of Kerry...
Yeah, whoever becomes President next is going to be someone at least moderately evil. I'm heartened that Kerry's anti-death-penalty and generally liberal, so who knows...I might be only somewhat dissatisfied with him rather than extremely.