Sure, John Kerry likes free speech. When he agrees with it.

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., replied to my column from last week. I had pointed out that his own behavior — including jokes about assassinating and overthrowing a president, and involvement in an anti-war group that discussed assassinating U.S. Senators at one of its leadership meetings — is at least as problematic as the heated rhetoric he is now lamely complaining about.

Kerry had sent a fund-raising email in an attempt to raise money from the Left by exploiting the Right’s anger and supposed “over the line” rhetoric against health care. Among his bogey-men: Rush Limbaugh, who said “defeat these bastards,” and Sarah Palin, who posted this map online showing targeted Congressional Districts:

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