Nash,
He's not a junior Senator, and you should blame him for not leveraging his 20 years of experience in Senior Political circles.
On Letterman, he stated that Bush was handling the current Iraq situation all wrong...OK, I really can't argue with that. So Letterman asks him what he would do different. Kerry said I don't know. I don't know what I'll find on Jan. 20th. He sure knows what not to do though. Plus, he's a senior senator on the intelligence committe. He should know what he would see on Jan. 20th.
I'm not a Bush is my guy voter. So don't go there with me on that. But I'm damn dissapointed in how Kerry is going about this. Not because I want Kerry, but because I want better than this for my choices! This is the best these guys can do? Cripes I'm pissed about that, I can tell you.
Also, his rank within the Mass Senate delegation is not what makes him senior. It's his tenure in the Senate. Because of his tenure he gets the good committee selections and seats. And you are wrong, he does not think people care more about today, as evidenced by his whole focus on his service 30 years ago, yes, he helped keep that in the forefront.