John Forbes Kerry is an American politician who was a senator from Massachusetts from the 2nd day of January, 1985, to the 1st day of February, 2013. He was Secretary of State for Obama's second term. He served in the Vietnam war. He also pointed out that uneducated Americans are the ones who typically "get stuck in Iraq". Had only poor votes been counted Kerry would have won 40 states. Had only rich votes been counted he would have won only 4 states. This shows who supported Dubya. Kerry was the Secretary of State under President Obama from 2013 until 2017.