Let's all thank the secret service for letting it play out. It may just get to the point where Kerry demands all the military are removed from his appearances.
Being a southerner with manners, Edwards knows how to behave to those lower in social status to you. You treat them extra politely. Kerry is just an obnoxious damned yankee who thinks marrying a fortune and making a living off other peoples taxes innoculates you from having manners.
You are so on the money with your post. I've often been on the receiving line of elitist southerners with their noses in the air: "Edwards knows how to behave to those lower in social status to you. You treat them extra politely. "