Yes, Bob Kerrey Wants to Go Back to Washington

Matt Bai, The New York Times Magazine | Link to Article

When Bob Kerrey left the Senate after two terms in 2001 — mainly, he says now, so he could remarry and start a new family away from politics — he was considered a statesmanlike and contemplative presence in a city that still valued both qualities. Kerrey had been a serious presidential candidate, a respected voice on health care and intelligence and co-chairman of one of those bipartisan commissions to reform entitlement programs. His closest friends included the small crowd of Vietnam veterans from both parties — John McCain, John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, Chuck Robb, Max Cleland — for whom party loyalty seemed well down the list of daily concerns.

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