Kerry Campaign: Lying again about the Saddam-9-11 link

This marks a retreat to a tactic that has worked well for the Democrats: Distort the oppposition's statement and then charge them with misleading the American public.

Both Bush and Cheney never said Saddam was behind the 9-11 attacks...despite the fact that no evidence has emerged that absolves Saddam of an involvement in that operation...despite the fact that the September 11 commission described contacts between Saddam's regime and Al Qaida.

Last September Bush said: "There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida ties," adding "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."

Cheney displayed the right level of caution in an NBC interview that same month when he said "I don't know" when asked whether Saddam was involved in the 9/11 attacks.

So where is the "implication" that the Kerry campaign has seized upon in their latest, desperate assault?

Edwards took issue with Cheney's comments at a townhall in Cincinnati yesterday where the Vice President noted, rightly, that Saddam had "provided safe harbor and sanctuary for terrorists for years," including al-Qaida.

"Vice President Cheney should not say the kind of things he said Friday and the president should not mislead the American people by implying there's connection between September the 11th and the attacks of September 11th and Saddam Hussein," Edwards charged.

If Edwards doesn't become VP, he might look into joining Saddam's defense team.