Reply #12: he, however, does not need to distort the truth now. why is he just saying,

[flordehinojos]

"my opponent will not be able to say that I voted for the war in iraq, because i didn't" when the whole truth is that he did not vote for the war in iraq because he was not part of the senators who voted yay or nay on the iraq war. he is not keeping himself honest...because the implication of what he says (for people who don't much follow politics) is that he was there and he voted no.