Reply #17: No

[rfjockey]

He is too smart a guy to have not been able to see through GWB's game. He did it for political reasons. He felt under additional pressure because his vote against the first gulf war turned out to be the wrong one politically. All those reasons he gives now are just justifications after the fact. If Dean hadn't made this such a big campaign issue Kerry probably wouldn't even be talking about it much.
That being said, I still like Kerry and will support him if he wins the nomination. I just think he made a political calculation and now it has backfired to some extent. Dean seems to have a higher "political" IQ, that's why I think he has a better shot at winning in the end. We'll see.