John Kerry

The ONLY time Kerry spoke of it was to say that after a Mccain person came to him with the idea, he met with McCain. The first thing Kerry would have needed was McCain to switch parties ... and it ended there. The point was that it could - in a Lincoln like way - have been a way to pull the country together.

It is true that Kerry was pressured by party and media to take Edwards, but his rumoured preference was Durbin, who would likely have doen a FAR better job as VP.

Kerry is being silent on this and Obama is the only one who has to make the choice.

One thing I find odd is that very few Rice advocates are arguing for her on the merits-which is easy to do as she is accomplished. They are arguing that because she is being attacked, she should be chosen and many are attacking ANY other name that is mentioned. What is weird is that she is someone who many might not have been able to name a year ago - or if they did, they would be pretty vague on her biography.