Kerry's vision: Events narrow candidates' differences on Iraq.

The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Friday, May 28:

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Some Democrats argue that John Kerry needs to take on President Bush's national security policy more forcefully. Many grass-roots voters project their visceral anti-war sentiments onto Kerry, whom they imagine as their spokesman. Speak up, they say, and take the fight to the president.

These folks are bound to be disappointed. The major foreign-policy speech Kerry delivered in Seattle on Thursday highlights that the most significant difference between the two men is one of style.

That's not nothing. The Democrat promises to be smoother and more ...