Why would Russert have him on today of all day's? Doesn't make much sense really.
Russert immobilized Kerry's political aspirations for the future. I think Hitlery set this up.
I think they were counting on a big "I told you so" based on mega-violence or failure of Iraqi election process.
Kerry was on in order to show PARITY!
The DNC is operating under "shadow government" euro-rules. (the loosing party forms a shadow government with shadow cabinet. So kerry is the shadow president and albright is the shadow sec. of state.)
The point of Kerry on today of ALL days is to conceal the good news out of Iraq. Kerry's interview would fit on ANY day. This was done to keep non-liberal Democrats from defecting to the Republican (WINNER) party.