Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told a Florida audience that he would make Israel safer than President Bush would. Speaking at Florida Atlantic University amid a sea of signs reading, “Jewish Americans for Kerry-Edwards” on Sunday, the Democratic presidential candidate strayed from his prepared remarks to talk about his trips to Israel, and his Middle East policy.
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