I was wrong

About Kerry's choice of running mate, that is.

The decision appears to have been based largely on the fact that John Edwards looks good on television. His political star certainly wasn't otherwise rising; the consensus view is that the rookie senator could not have won re-election in his home state of North Carolina.

But perhaps his winsome smile is what did the trick.

Yes, the tall one is from Massachusetts. Your point?

Or maybe, it's the hair—which will be about all that's left once Dick Cheney finishes with him in the vice presidential debate.

UPDATE. It's definitely the hair:

“We've got better vision, better ideas, real plans. We've got a better sense of what's happening to America - and we've got better hair,” Kerry said, laughing.

Gerard Van der Leun saw that coming.