IMHO opinion, I was a better debater than Kerry. He was arrogant and imperial. I paid close attention to the weaknesses of my own side, and specialized in the counterattack at the end of the debate.
I graduated in '64, two years ahead of Kerry, three years ahead of Pataki, and four years ahead of Bush. (I was in the same class as Joe Lieberman, and knew and respected him very much, at that time.) For better or worse, Yale in the 60's was turning out a lot of people who later wound up in national politics. Unfortunately, entirely too many of them are leftists.
John / Billybob
"Honest Joe" (as they call Lieberman in his home state) seems like a pretty good guy. Except for his stand on abortion, he seems to bepretty conservative with his politics.