Glenn Reynolds links to a Boston.com article which discusses Senator John Kerry's approach to selecting a running mate. But what caught Glenn's (and my) attention was this line:
"Outside Iowa and New Hampshire, some people don't even know he was a veteran," the Democrat [familiar with the Kerry campaign's work with focus groups] said of Kerry, a decorated combat veteran in the Vietnam War.
As much as we may snark about Kerry constantly talking about his Naval service in Vietnam, I suppose it's necessary to repeat it constantly, because there are grunches of folks that just aren't paying attention to the presidential race very often.