[r9etb]

But it sounds as if it was handled appropriately.

You're probably correct. What's interesting to me is Tom Kean -- they asked to leave and he let them go, probably in full knowledge that this sort of publicity is what would happen.

Kerrey's been a real pain in the butt, showboating and preening. He needed to be slapped down -- how better than to allow him do something that's obviously stupid, and thereby slap himself down?

[OldFriend]

Kean has always been held in low regard by real republicans and now he has managed to prove his ill intentions to everyone.