WASHINGTON (CNN) -- New York Sen. Chuck Schumer Thursday touted the prospect of defeating Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, next week and said he was putting $1 million of television advertising into the race.

Schumer said that early voting data showed Democratic nominee Jim Pederson leading Kyl in a race that many analysts predicted the Republican incumbent would win.
Republicans scoffed at the idea that Kyl would defeat Pederson.

"Peterson has put in close to $13 million, and I am sure they feel they owe it to him," said Brian Nick, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "Kyl is right on pace to win this election on Tuesday."

Schumer also noted during the political briefing with members of the media that if Democrats take back the majority on Tuesday then Democrats would stand behind the Levin-Reid resolution that would take U.S. troops out of direct action, sooner rather than later. And when asked about Sen. John Kerry's controversial comments regarding U.S. troops in Iraq, Schumer said, "Look, he's apologized. He said he's not going to say anything else, and neither am I."

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