"But Kerry just stood there nose to nose, staring at us with a semi-glare on his face. After an eternity, an aide stepped out from behind him and said, "The Senator needs you to move."
I can't know if this is true (although I have no reason to distrust the writer), but it would be so telling of Kerry. He could not lower himself to so much as speak to the coots in plaid, even to say "Get out of my way. Don't you know who I am?"
Self-anointed royalty.
"Tell His Highness that I happen to live here, so he can bloody well just step around me."