remembered for that. i don t think he ll be remembered for a brief limited strike. i think that if in the next three years he and obama manage to do anything positive anythin sector of the world, they ll be remembered as miracle makers. it s just a hideously tough problem. it s william rogers, henry kissinger, cy vance. the secretaries of states have been trying to hand this one for decades. so i don t think that he s going to be judged one way or another on his legacy as what happens in the middle east, unless something really good and big does happen, in which case both kerry and obama will come out looking like miracle workers. john, one more question here. before he ran for president in 2004, one of john kerry s best friends in washington, and certainly his best friend on the republican side, was john kerry. there was sort of this unlikely partnership with them on the issue of vietnam veterans. it was clear that john kerry was not happy how john kerry had