John Kerry plans to 'lower the bar and pass the buck' by
leaving Iraq as soon as stability is reached. This lowers the bar by settling for stability rather than achieving democracy. It passes the buck by leaving it completely up to the Iraqis to implement democracy. Thanks to
Ara Rubyan for the phrase. He'd never use it to describe Kerry though, the only man left standing in the Anybody But Bush parade. This innovation was left to me.