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According to Wikipedia, "While at his Swiss boarding school, Kerry saw Scaramouche, his favorite movie and movie hero, for whom he later would name his powerboat. ".

This site also outlines the history of Kerry ancestors, the Forbes family , their wealth apparently derived from the drug trade.

...the Forbes Family made their money in the drug trade and "became known in China during the Opium War in the 19th century as the 'Opium Dynasty' or 'Poppy Dynasty' ."

According to Wikipedia, "While at his Swiss boarding school, Kerry saw Scaramouche, his favorite movie and movie hero, for whom he later would name his powerboat. ".

And KERRY thought he was a "HERO"?>???

Main Entry: scar·a·mouch Variant(s): or scar·a·mouche /'skar-&-"müsh, -"müch, -"mauch/ Function: noun Etymology: French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia skirmish 1 capitalized : a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness 2 a : a cowardly buffoon b : RASCAL, SCAMP