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CHICAGO, March 10 (UPI) -- Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry says he would make an exception to his opposition to the death penalty in the case of terrorists like Osama bin Laden.
Kerry said his willingness to make an exception for terrorists in his otherwise unflinching opposition to capital punishment happened on Sept. 11, 2001, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.
"That status of war led me to find it impossible to suggest I wouldn't want to blow Osama bin Laden's brains out and treat him as an enemy," he said in an interview with the Tribune while visiting the Chicago area for several campaign stops.
"I walked out of the Capitol and said, 'We're at war.'"
He said, "I think you destroy the enemy."
Kerry's political opponents have tried to use his opposition to the death penalty against him over the past two decades, to little effect.
Kerry said his willingness to make an exception for terrorists in his otherwise unflinching opposition to capital punishment happened on Sept. 11, 2001, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.
"That status of war led me to find it impossible to suggest I wouldn't want to blow Osama bin Laden's brains out and treat him as an enemy," he said in an interview with the Tribune while visiting the Chicago area for several campaign stops.
"I walked out of the Capitol and said, 'We're at war.'"
He said, "I think you destroy the enemy."
Kerry's political opponents have tried to use his opposition to the death penalty against him over the past two decades, to little effect.
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