I hope you are right.
In the Boston Globe article at the top of this thread, it is reported, "The Rev. John Ardis, director of the Paulist Center, where Kerry and his wife worship locally, said an archdiocesan official telephoned Thursday to tell him Kerry 'was as welcome as any other Catholic to receive the eucharist.'" I suppose this could be an untruthful statement by Ardis as part of a stunt. However, it seems like O'Malley is walking on egg shells by refaining from giving a clear instruction in public that Kerry is not to given communion and simply leaving it to Kerry's conscience.