Paul Begala actually said...

"The focus on Vietnam actually didn't work. He thought it would. Or at least I didn't think it worked. His staff thought it would. But the convention speech, where he focused strongly on Vietnam, reall..."

"He had to speak about what he thought was most important, where he was more credible, where his heart was. And he found that voice, as Tucker says, when he started critiquing the current operations in..."

"I think it helps. It's a close election. He's beloved by the Democratic base, but also probably more important is a lot of swing voters who think very highly of him."

"What Senator Kerry, while he probably would rather campaign on some of the domestic issues, I think there's a sense in the Kerry campaign that they don't want to let the president re-merge."