The campaign manager for Kerry was upset that John Kerry's 20 years in the United States Senate was back on the table,
Here it is on a silver platter. To use another metaphor, there's blood in the water. Will Bush go after this?
Well, he did in the speech he gave today. As for the debates, I think today's speech was a practice run for what he'll try to do on Friday and in the last debate. The benefit to today's speech is precisely that the president got some practice in using this new line of attack. The drawback is that now Kerry can prepare.