About Those "Liberal" Ratings

"Kerry cannot possibly be considered 'the most liberal Democrat in the Senate.'

* He supported a variety of deficit reduction measures in the 1980s, which a majority of Democrats opposed.

* He supported the '100,000 cops' crime bill of 1994, which most liberal Democrats opposed.

* He supported a long series of trade expansion measures throughout the 1980s and 1990s, which most liberal Democrats opposed.

* He supported the 1996 welfare reform legislation, which roughly half of Congressional Democrats opposed.

* And he supported the 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement, which many liberal Democrats opposed."