Kerry: All Vietnam, all the time

As this Post story reports, John Kerry's perceived aloofness could hurt him this year. Of course, as documented everywhere, he was in Vietnam, a fact on which his campaign seems constantly to rely. But could the two be connected? Here's Ted Kennedy, in the aforementioned article:

[Kennedy] guesses that Kerry's reserve stems from his experiences in Vietnam. There lingers in Kerry "a lot of deep angst in his soul from that conflict," Kennedy says, adding that Kerry is at his most relaxed and expansive when he's around Vietnam veterans. He is earthier, quicker to laugh, tell stories, indulge a goofier version of himself.

Vietnam: Kerry's answer to everything.
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