<in an absent daydream...>
I was thinking that the campaign meme of trustworthiness and the emphasis on truth-telling might carry big dividends down the road when comes to sorting out the mess we are in.
Right now presidents don't dare release negative information or when they do it's all carefully staged to minimize the political effect. The thing about Kerry's tack is that it might make it possible to be honest in politics once again. If truth-telling is taken seriously it could effectively destroy the impact of spin - You'd for sure take hits of the first few issues, but after a while people might come to realize that the President really is trustworthy.
Imagine the impact of that, for one thing, it might allow Kerry to go after the ringleaders of the BushCo coup and have it not be seen as a partisan attack but rather a defense of the nation against a cabal.
</in an absent daydream...>
Ok, so it's wildly unlikely to happen but still..