[Finny]

Hmmm ... did he, then, resort to endorsing Kerry more as a matter of spite? That's just as stupid.

I'm disillusioned with the Republican Party. I think it's beyond repair.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Possibly. He was mad he had been forced out for John Sununu, Jr. (when it was pretty inevitable he was going to lose a general election against Jeanne Shaheen). Maybe he thought Kerry would throw him a bone with a plumb Cabinet posting.