That Kerry fella again...

Sen. John F. Kerry is fast becoming the Democratic Party's personal ATM - dispensing bundles of cash and helping to raise money for party causes and candidates such as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Kerry's highest voltage money event this spring will be a major fund-raising dinner for Clinton, D-N.Y....

Sez Kerry advisor Jenny Backus...

"He's totally focused on helping other Democrats for the House and Senate, to help take back Congress and boost the Democratic Party all across the country."

And again...

We can't say whether it's unprecedented, but we can certainly say it's uncommon: A U.S. senator taking out ads in another senator's state to sway a vote on a presidential nominee. That's what John Kerry is doing today. The target is Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee -- and, more directly, John Bolton.

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In an email that went out to Rhode Island residents registered with Kerry's Web site, the Massachusetts senator asked, "In his heart, do you think Senator Lincoln Chafee thinks it is wise to award high government posts to those who have been the architects of some of the most disastrous foreign policy decisions of the last four years?"

Can you say 'leadership'? I knew that you could...