NYT had a good story today discussing Kerry's lightweight record in the Senate. The guy couldn't get a bill of any significance passed after 19 years (including several when the Dems controlled the Senate). Now, he wants to be President.
"Rivals Mine Kerry Senate Years for Material to Slow Him Down
By TODD S. PURDUM
Published: January 25, 2004
The rap on Mr. Kerry's Senate career, fellow senators and Congressional aides say, has been that he is more interested in high-profile investigations -- like those into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and Gen. Manuel Noriega of Panama -- than in the grinding details of legislative procedure. He has deferred to Mr. Kennedy on most bills involving health and education and has few major bills to his name; when asked to summarize his legislative accomplishments, he often seems to struggle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/politics/campaign/25RECO.html?pagewanted=2&hp