A Point Kerry _Must_ Make

Kerry will be asked about his plan in Iraq. After laying out his basic principles-- international support, etc-- he should say this:

"You can only have so much of a plan-- a framework, basically," Kerry should say. "Why? Because the situation is not entirely predictable. If it was simple as just writing a few things down, maybe this administration could have gotten it done. But it's also about making decisions as situations arise, like whether or not to go into Falluja, for instance, or how to deal with Moktada Al Sadr. Every analyst of what's going on in Iraq says this president made the wrong decisions in those cases. And, quite frankly, we can't afford any more mistakes. We can't trust the man who has failed to do the job. We need new leadership that will make the right decisions as these sitations arise. I've learned how to make those decisions as a soldier, as a prosecutor, and as a senator. I will make them as president of the United States, and we will restore stability to Iraq, and make America and the world safer."