For a guy teeming with integrity, that was one dishonest speech. After accusing George Bush of “misleading” us into a war because he wanted to fight a war, that he fought “on the cheap,” and of presiding over venal, lawless officials, and kicking kids out of after school programs to give Enron another tax break, and denying health care to veterans, etc. etc. Kerry made a phony pitch for a positive campaign. He called on the President to join him in building “unity in the American family” and said, “let’s respect one another.” He hastened to add that would be a lot easier if the President would stop abusing the Constitution for crass political purposes. P.S. The homeless are back! Did they de-camp from Lafayette Park during the Clinton years?