[Eva]

No, this shoulder surgery is timed to put a glass wall around Kerry and keep him from interacting with people and making more campaign mistakes. The Democrats think that they can re-build Kerry's image if he just shuts up.

[bondjamesbond]

No, this shoulder surgery is timed to put a glass wall around Kerry and keep him from interacting with people and making more campaign mistakes. The Democrats think that they can re-build Kerry's image if he just shuts up.

Shades of Hillary!'s "Listening Tour" of upstate New York.

[RJayneJ]

No, this shoulder surgery is timed to put a glass wall around Kerry and keep him from interacting with people and making more campaign mistakes. The Democrats think that they can rebuild Kerry's image if he just shuts up.

Your comment is very close to my thinking. Kerry is really uncomfortable mingling with people. His arrogance prohibits him from being comfortable. You can see he is more comfortable talking from a podium, as he offers his benediction to the unwashed. He now will have an excuse for not having to mix with lower forms than he. Elective surgery is just that--elective. There is really no reason why he has to have it done right now, except that he wants to, to avoid rope lines.