Washington Times reporter Donald Lambro notes today that certain hard-core Deaniacs are steering clear of Kerry in pursuit of a real white-flag-waver. “We met with him and his staff last week and noticed afterwards that his staff said that Iraq was not discussed, when of course it was,” Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese said. “What I make of that is that he is very insecure about the issue because he wants the peace vote and the war vote.”