U.S. House, 10th District

Goodman is running on an anti-war, anti-Bush platform and is tying most of what he believes is wrong with the Bush administration to Kirk, who is seeking his third two-year term. It's an understandable strategy but in this case there's more to Mark Kirk than his support for George W. Bush.

Kirk , for example, has been a Republican leader for environmental causes - especially when it comes to local issues such as the cleanup of Waukegan Harbor or the preservation of Lake Michigan bluffs once owned by the Navy and facing development.

And Kirk, while voting to go to war in Iraq, now admits that mistakes were made and information he used to make that vote was flawed. He called the information that led to the U.S. invading Iraq was the third worst intelligence failure in American history, right behind Pearl Harbor and 9/11. He urged the president to admit those mistakes as well and advocates fixing the problems in the American intelligence community, which we support.

Finally, Kirk, of Highland Park, is keenly aware of local issues, something Goodman has not proved. Kirk has secured federal funds for the double tracking of the North Central commuter railroad line, for example, and is helping to lead the way for funding the STAR line - connecting suburbs on the Northwest Tollway from O'Hare International Airport to Hoffman Estates and then south to Joliet.

For the 10th Congressional District, which includes southeastern Lake and northeastern Cook counties, we endorse Mark Kirk. We believe he is an moderate Republican voice in Congress attuned to the needs of his district.

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