As I noted earlier in the week, one byproduct of the Swift Boat controversy is that it makes Kerry seem so touchy, defensive, and obsessed by his own biograpahy. It is much better to seem unbothered by political attacks, if you can (Kerry’s problem is that the Swift Boat charges are too devastating to ignore). Here, for instance, is President Bush displaying exactly the right attitude in his USA Today interview: “‘It may come as a shock to you, but I don’t spend a lot of time agonizing over what others say about me. I’ve been through politics before. I’ve been through a national campaign before. I’ve run for governor in a very tough state. I’m used to politics and I just simply do not take it personally.’”