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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF "MISUSE" IS

What did John Kerry mean when he said, "Let's never misuse for political purposes the most precious document in American history, the Constitution of the United States."

Andrew Sullivan thinks this line is about a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. That's what I thought at first, but I then decided, partly from the crowd's reaction, that it was about the Florida recount. For all I know, it's actually about suggesting that a Bush-appointed Supreme Court would have ruled differently in Brown v. Board of Education or bragging that you voted for a balanced budget amendment (OK, probably not that). It all depends on what "misuse" means. If you're for it, it's not misuse.

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