Kerry fights back

He's coming out guns blazing over the criticisms of his war record, which, apparently (and surprisingly to me), are hurting him in the polls. Yesterday he said Bush is using others to do his dirty work. I don't disagree.

Scott McClellan said yesterday, "I do think that Senator Kerry losing his cool should not be an excuse for him to lash out at the president with false and baseless attacks."

But I don't think they're baseless. Kerry said if Bush won't renounce the ads and the attacks, then he's complicit in them. Makes sense to me.

McClellan said, "We've already said we weren't involved in any way in these ads," he said. "We've made that clear."

I don't think that's far enough.

It's all interesting to observe.