Democratic candidate Kerry (L) lashed Bush (R) for his Iraq policies in their first pre-election televised debate. Photo by cnn.com
Democratic presidential candidate Kerry has lashed George Bush in a TV debate on how to handle the war in Iraq and homeland security. The two rivals were taking part in the first one of three television-broadcasted debates in the race before November's vote. Kerry called the Iraq war a "colossal error of judgment", and said the President's certainty about issues did not always made him right.