Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] can expect President Bush [related, bio] to defuse a potentially awkward scene with conciliatory words when the pair meet next month for Bush's second inaugural at the Capitol. ``The last time they spoke, they talked about uniting the country,'' said Kerry spokesman David Wade, recalling the senator's last conversation with the president, his concession phone call to Bush the morning after the Nov. 2 election. ``That seems to be the message on their minds.'' After largely evading the public spotlight as he recovers from his loss in the 2004 contest, Kerry plans to be...