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Something that keeps going through my mind is the ever present "John Kerry was in Vietnam" angle. Given that this seems to be a key element of his platform (to say the least) doesn't it follow that his VP will be scrutinized on this issue? If he chooses someone who, as he so quaintly put it, "chose another path," does that negate the effect he is trying to wring out of his Vietnam service? Specifically, if he chooses Hillary Clinton, proud wife of the draft dodger, does that mean Vietnam isn't that important after all? And how can he then go around complaining about the mean Republicans "who didn't go to Vietnam" when he has Hillary Clinton on as VP? I guess she would play the "I would have gone" card, maybe even give ole Bill the occasional rhetorical smack down (now that he has been marginalized) and leave it at that. Still....

"Specifically, if he chooses Hillary Clinton, proud wife of the draft dodger, does that mean Vietnam isn't that important after all?"

I believe the comparison to Kerry's constant drumming of the Vietnam War Hero drum, in conjunction with his repeated insistance that he, himself, committed a whole slew of war crimes in 4 months to the carnage the Clinton administration caused is important, whether he chooses Hillary or not. It's a form of hedging our political bets, IMO.

Honestly, I don't see how he could choose Hillary! at all, since he voted for military action in Iraq and so did Hillary!, but Hanoi John has flip-flopped and says he's always been against military action in Iraq, while Hillary! hasn't. Though she did tell the the troops their country doesn't support them and they're all gonna die over there for nothing during her Thanksgiving photo-op, Hanoi Jane-style trip to Afghanistan and Iraq last year.

She even ticked off her own base....though no doubt they forgot and forgave her for it by now.

Hillary spent a lot of time restyling her packaging to appear to be a moderate who believes in strong defense. She can't afford to move (in public) back to the rabid left with Kerry without destroying her political career. Kerry's been pandering to the anti-war crowd by beating the Vietnam drum and will lose those votes if he nominates Hillary.

Talk about painting yourself into a corner.

IMO, he'll go for Clark, or perhaps the trial lawyer....though if he asked his significant other, John McCain, to switch parties and run with him, McCain would probably do it.