Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Seppuku "honorable" suicide, whereas hari-kari is "dishonorable" suicide?
You have a pont, Senior Chief:
Though in the case of John Kerry. What has ever been truly honorable about the man?
I'll predict that just as Al Gore lost in 2000 and has since faded into relative oblivion. Kerry will find less and less support from his Democratic Senatorial peers in the near future.
Jack.