Everything you thought about John Kerry is true – This New Republic article “By pushing for a filibuster, Kerry alienated fellow Democrats” is behind a registration wall, but you can read the whole thing on Free Republic. Basically, it reveals that Democrats did not want this fight and were irritated at Kerry for forcing a filibuster against Samuel Alito. The Dems looked fractured and helpless while Kerry fed into his haughty caricature by opportunistically calling for the maneuver from the slopes of Switzerland. It’s a win-win!