Kerry's statement of the US killing OBL

[karynnj]

U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the death of bin Laden “closes an important chapter in our war against extremists” who kill and maim innocent people.

“We are a nation of peace and laws, and people everywhere should understand that our ten-year manhunt was in search of justice, not revenge,” Kerry said in a statement issued shortly after Obama’s address.

“Terrorists everywhere must never doubt that the United States will hunt them down no matter where they are, no matter how long it takes,” Kerry said.

The lesser Senator commends both Obama and Bush for this.

"I commend President Obama, former President Bush and the highly capable men and women in our military and intelligence community whose tireless work over the last decade made this day possible," Brown said in a statement, adding that bin Laden "finally the justice he deserved."

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/osama_bin_laden_is_dead_but_th.html

(Apparently, though not responsible for bad things that happen 8 or 9 months into his Presidency, Bush gets credits for things that happened over two years after he left office. It is appalling how many in the meeting are playing Bush and the firemen a decade ago to connect the two events - no mention that he once said that it wouldn't really matter if they get him. )

What I wonder is whether this could have been the effort that Davis was working in support of. It would explain Obama himself arguing that Davis was a diplomat and putting his own weight behind getting him released.