The only context he ever was open to it was as a way to get the 60 votes to pass the climate change bill that ultimately weans America off oil. In 2008, he was the only politician who credited voters with enough intelligence to explain that the small amount of US oil could not change the price for oil, an international commodity.
He clearly spoke of needing to know exactly what happened here and how to insure it won't happen again before more wells are drilled.
The entire interview is well worth watching, but is on a site where you have to pay.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/monitor_breakfast/2010/0526/Sen.-John-Kerry-Halt-to-offshore-oil-drilling-not-going-to-happen I tried to write it up as well as I could here -
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=273&topic_id=165580&mesg_id=165584 (I apologize for any distortion or error -if any - I was trying to be accurate.)
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