[Howlin]

Didn't he say he was Jewush as well?

No, he didn't, but somebody that was searching his roots found out he was -- and that his grandfather had committed suicide.

That was on FR months ago.

[Hon]

More precisely, Kerry says he has known for more than 15 years that he had a Jewish grandmother, but claims he only found out his grandfather was Jewish when a Boston Globe reporter showed him his research last year.

Kerry claimed he had tried very hard to research his father and grandfathers's genealogy for many many years, but apparently a (Lt. Governor and then) Senator doesn't have the research assets that a cub reporter (who found this pretty quickly) does.