[Fatalis]

Thanks for the three links confirming what I've been saying the whole thread. Kerry got a voice mail from Reeve on Saturday. That means that the message could have been left between the debate on Friday and when Kerry got the message on Saturday.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Try to get a handle on this. You've accused freepers of being tinfoilers on this thread for discussing the articles that they've read.

You are the one speculating on what the articles 'could really mean'. Now how is it that you accuse the majority on this thread of being "tinfoilers" and you're not?

[proud American in Canada]

Even conceding the possibility that Reeve went into a coma on Saturday and not Thursday, the key issue is whether or not the content of the message mentioned the debate or not, something we will never know.

If Reeve thanked him for bringing up stem cell research during the debate--which the USA Today story says he did--then it's extremely likely this is yet another Kerry fabrication, given, as so many of us have said, the gravity of Reeve's condition, the time frame between the debate and his death, and Kerry's propensity to lie.

As cc pointed out, the only way to know the truth is for Kerry to explain it or for Mrs. Reeve to say something--highly unlikely.

In any case, I think we can all agree that this story is likely to get about as much traction in the MSM as Kerry's pulling a paper out of his pocket in the first debate, etc.