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Kerry Adds Support to Feingold's Censure Measure
WASHINGTON- Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's measure to censure President Bush has gained a third supporter.
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has officially signed on to the bill. He joins fellow Democrats Tom Harkin from Iowa and Barbara Boxer from California as co-sponsors.

AP via ABC news

Remember I mentioned the correct use of the phrase "Begging the question?" Here again we see an example of that. If you were St. Russ the Dragon Killer, would you think of it as support if Kerry added his name to your bill?

Here, the headline writer assumes Kerry adding his name is a way of supporting Russ Feingold. I cynically wonder though, given recent history, what this support is meant to do. It might not mean the same thing to have a senator who, say, didn't lose in a presidential race sign on than it does to have one who did.