Oakland Tribune Online – Local & Regional News

Bush accused Democratic Sen. John Kerry of pandering to Nevada voters by playing both sides of the issue, part of a broader effort to cast the Massachusetts senator as someone who bends to the political winds.

“He says he’s strongly against Yucca here in Nevada, but he voted for it several times,” Bush claimed.

That is not exactly true.

Each time Kerry has faced the simple choice of voting whether or not to send waste to Yucca Mountain, he has voted against it. But he has voted for some measures that had provisions to allow nuclear dumps there. Some 16 years ago, Kerry voted for an overall budget bill that included a provision favoring putting the nuclear waste in Nevada.

Be sure to re-read that bold line: ”That is not exactly true.” Wow, the media calls Bush on a lie. mjh