John Kerry, when he was still running for president, had this to say about the prospect for a successful election in Iraq:

There's chaos in Iraq. King Abdullah of Jordan said just yesterday, or the day before, you can't hold elections in Iraq with the chaos that's going on today.

But if there was chaos in Iraq, and an election couldn't be held successfully, what did Kerry mean yesterday on "Meet the Press" when he said this:

I think it's gone as expected.

It probably depends on what the meaning of the word "expected" is. Or perhaps he based his earlier prediction on bad intelligence.