"Kerry will attend a post-election lame-duck Senate session that begins next week and has said he is "fired up" to play a highly visible role, the friends and aides said. . . ."
All so he can have a record, to run on, for ...
"Kerry fueled talk about a 2008 bid during remarks at a Washington restaurant Saturday night. He provoked a thunderous reaction by reminding about 400 campaign aides and volunteers that Ronald Reagan twice sought the Republican nomination for president before winning it in 1980.
. . ."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35224-2004Nov8?language=printer
oh joy.

this ought to be good for something.