I thought he was little more than a slimy rich boy wannabe until I saw some of his campaigning.

I'm ancient enough to remember his VVAW Senate testimony in 1971 and he certainly seemed like a class act, albeit with a bit of a blue-blood, Brahmin air. Over the years, though, it seemed like Kerry the politician became more and more ...Kerry the politician. (circular thought, I know...)

Having a long record in politics is both asset and liability, such as when those infrequent, long-forgotten allusions to Irishness come back to haunt.