>http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sparks/
Which cites this <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37351> showing that not everyone subscribes to Yoshie's pal's description of Kerry as "far right":
>ELECTION 2004
>Kerry ranks as Senate's 'most liberal'
>National Journal vote analysis puts him ahead of Kennedy, Clinton
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>Posted: February 27, 2004
>7:44 p.m. Eastern
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>Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry ranks as the "most
>liberal" Senate member in a rating of his votes.
>
>The National Journal said today Kerry's rating of 96.5 is far ahead
>of the scores of Democratic leaders such as Sen. Ted Kennedy and
>Sen. Hillary Clinton, according to the Drudge Report.
>
>The scores, compiled since 1981, are based on voting related to
>economic, social and foreign policy.
>
>The publication says, "To be sure, Kerry's ranking as the No. 1
>Senate liberal in 2003 - and his earning of similar honors three
>times during his first term, from 1985 to 1990 - will probably have
>opposition researchers licking their chops."
>
>Drudge noted the ratings system was devised under the direction of
>William Schneider, a political analyst and commentator at CNN, and a
>contributing editor to National Journal.
>
>Schneider still guides the calculation process, which employs data
>processing and statistical analysis by Information Technology
>Services of the Brookings Institution.